The AI-generated video era is exploding. But while ideas are racing ahead, the tools to shape them are still lagging. Enter: Twick.
Creators today don’t just need players. They need full-blown editors that are fast, embeddable, collaborative, and AI-ready — and they need them inside their apps.
So What is Twick?
Twick is a fully open-source React SDK that makes embedding video editing and playback features effortless. It’s not just a wrapper around HTML5 video — it’s a complete timeline-based video editor you can drop into your React apps with support for:
- Multi-layer timelines
- Captions & rich text overlays
- Effects, transitions, and filters
- Frame-accurate previewing
- Cloud-deployed AI functions via Docker
Whether you're building a creator tool, educational platform, video commerce app, or UGC tool — Twick brings you the power to edit natively in React.
Why Twick Matters (Especially Now)
Generative AI has made it dead simple to generate content. But editing, composing, and collaborating on that content? That’s still manual, disjointed, and full of friction.
Here’s where Twick shines:
Open-source + Developer-Friendly: Unlike commercial SDKs, Twick is easy to fork, extend, and self-host.
AI Function Support: Run your own LLM/GPU-driven effects, transcriptions, or translations on your own infra.
Embeddable + Customizable: Want to style it to match your app? Go ahead. Twick is just React.
Who Should Try Twick?
- Startup founders building AI-powered video tools
- Educators wanting in-browser video editors
- Devs building UGC or collaborative video platforms
- Anyone frustrated by how hard it is to embed video editors in modern apps
Try It Out
Check out the GitHub repo:
Twick GitHub Repo
There's a demo setup included — just clone and run locally. You’ll be editing video timelines in minutes.
What’s Next?
- Adding audio waveform tracks
- Live collaboration
- Export-to-cloud workflows
- Templates for quick edits
We’re building this in public. Contributions, feedback, and pull requests are welcome.
Top comments (2)
Can this library handle large videos?
I tested the code with a 5-minute duration video, and it works well for that.