Creating a new project
Prerequisites
To use Remotion, you need at least Node 16 or Bun 1.0.3.
Prompting a video with Claude Code
If you plan on prompting videos with Claude Code, see: Prompting videos with Claude Code.
Scaffolding a new project
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🐧 Linux distros need at least version 2.35 of Libc.
They also need to install some additional packages.
Alpine Linux and nixOS are unsupported.
- npm
- bun
- pnpm
- yarn
Use npm as the package managerbash
Choose the template that is most suitable for you.
For your first project, we recommend the Hello World template.
- Regular templates
- Next.js + React Router 7
After the project has been scaffolded, we recommend to open the project in your text editor and starting the Remotion Studio:
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Installation in existing projects
Want to install Remotion in an existing project? Go here instead: Installation in existing projects
