remotion-cli

name	Remotion CLI
description	Render videos, audio, and still images programmatically with React using terminal commands. Use when an agent needs to preview compositions, list available compositions, or render media artifacts from a Remotion project.

Remotion CLI

Official CLI for Remotion, a React-based framework for making videos programmatically.

• Repo: https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion
• Docs: https://www.remotion.dev/docs/cli/

Installation

# Run without installing globally
npx remotion --help

# Or install in a project
npm install remotion

Most usage is via npx remotion ... inside a Remotion project.

Key Commands

# Start the Remotion Studio preview UI
npx remotion studio

# List available composition IDs
npx remotion compositions

# Render a composition to a file
npx remotion render <composition-id> out/video.mp4

# Create a bundle for rendering workflows
npx remotion bundle

Agent-Friendly Features

• Scriptable CLI entrypoint via npx remotion
• Non-interactive rendering with explicit composition IDs and output paths
• Supports video, audio, and still rendering workflows
• Pass composition props and render settings through flags
• Useful for agents generating marketing videos, demos, explainers, and visual assets from code

Notes

• studio is useful for previewing and iterating locally
• render is the main command for automated media generation
• compositions helps agents discover which composition IDs exist before rendering
• Rendering works best when the project is already set up with Remotion compositions