Agnes Video Generator
Video Processing
v7.2.2
Agnes Video Generator is a free, open-source tool for creating AI-generated videos on your own machine.5d agoMITDockerDemoEasy
Self-hosted alternatives to Runway
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Not listed as Runway alternatives, but they cover the same ground and are worth a look.
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RescriptSelf-hosted transcript-based video/audio editor. Local Whisper transcription, delete words to cut, remove fillers/silences, regenerate voice, export offline.
KomaSelf-hosted AI video tool that creates summaries, chapters, searchable transcripts, and key frames from videos or MP4 links. Exports Markdown, SRT, JSON, CSV, and TXT.
ConcatAn open-source, self-hosted desktop and mobile video editor pitched as a CapCut replacement, with local Whisper captions, text-to-speech and 4K export.
ViralMintA locally-run, open-source desktop tool for short videos: discovers trends, cuts clips, builds AI videos, renders motion graphics — all with your own API keys.
About these Runway alternatives
2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Runway are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- Agnes Video Generator (596 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in Python), followed by VideoHighlighter
- Docker
- 1 of the top 2 ship an official Docker image
- Easiest to set up
- Agnes Video Generator
- Recently updated
- VideoHighlighter 0.14.2 on 2026-10-28
Runway alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Video Generator | MIT | Python | 596 | Yes | Easy | v7.2.2 | 53 |
| VideoHighlighter | AGPL-3.0 | Python | 345 | — | Moderate | 0.14.2 | 51 |