Framework Lets React Developers Create Video With Code

React is known for its ability to create frontend web animations and special effects. Programmer Jonny Burger found video editors challenging to use, so he decided to take React’s animation capabilities and build a framework that uses React code to create videos. It’s called Remotion.

“There are many unsolved problems left for video, for people who want to build their own video editor,” Burger told The New Stack. “Our mission is to allow people … to allow an individual to build their own really good video editor in a weekend.”

Why Create Videos with React Code?

Why would anyone want to create video with code? First, it’s difficult to programmatically alter video using existing tools, Burger said.

“Video editors that let you click a button to export video and to interface with these programs programmatically — it’s very hard because it’s not what they were made for,” he said.

Second, it’s possible to do more than just create a video with Remotion. In fact, there are three main use cases for using Remotion: