# gyoridavid/short-video-maker

Creates short videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and a REST API.

Repository: https://github.com/gyoridavid/short-video-maker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/short-video-maker
Homepage: https://www.skool.com/ai-agents-az/about?s1r
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: faceless-video, instagram, instagram-reels, instagram-reels-automation, mcp, model-context-protocol, reels, remotion, shorts, shorts-automate, shorts-maker, tiktok, tiktok-creator, video-creation-tool, video-creator, video-generation, video-generator, video-maker, youtube, youtube-shorts
Last push: 2025-06-21T11:17:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 27, release rhythm 35, longevity 36
- inputs: {"age_days": 506, "days_push": 438, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1311, forks 417 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.481562+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source server that generates short-form videos (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts) from text prompts, combining Kokoro TTS, automatic captions, Pexels background videos, and music. It exposes both a REST API and an MCP server so AI agents like n8n workflows can trigger video creation.

## Use cases
- create faceless tiktok videos automatically
- generate youtube shorts from text prompts
- automate instagram reels with captions and tts
- make short videos with an n8n ai agent workflow
- free alternative to gpu-based video generation
- self-host a short video maker api

## When to choose
- you want free, self-hosted short-form video creation without GPU-heavy generative models
- you need an MCP or REST interface so AI agents can produce videos programmatically
- you want automatic captions, TTS narration, and stock background footage assembled from a text prompt

## When to avoid
- you need videos generated from scratch from an image or image prompt
- you need long-form or highly custom video editing rather than templated shorts
- you require a fully managed hosted service with support

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, tts, mcp, api-framework, http-server
- domain: media, artificial-intelligence, social-media
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: tiktok, youtube-shorts, instagram-reels, remotion, faceless-video, captions, short-form-video, n8n, video, automation, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- gyoridavid/short-video-maker (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.481562+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:49:49.842871+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gyoridavid/short-video-maker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.481562+00:00, sha 78252be9646e)
  - homepage: https://www.skool.com/ai-agents-az/about?s1r (fetched 2026-08-29T12:08:02.078471+00:00, sha 07077de643f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.