calesthio/OpenMontage
OpenMontage turns coding agents into pipeline-driven video producers, covering research through rendering with approval gates, provider selection, and auditable costs.
OpenMontage provides **12 production pipelines**, **100+ tools**, and **700+ agent-skill and production files** for research, scripting, asset generation, editing, and rendering. It supports generated media, archival footage, Remotion, and HyperFrames.
Builders should approach agentic video as pipeline selection plus explicit approval gates, not a single prompt. The Backlot board exposes stages, provider choices, per-asset costs, quality scores, and scene approvals before final rendering.
OpenMontage provides **12 production pipelines**, **100+ tools**, and **700+ agent-skill and production files** for research, scripting, asset generation, editing, and rendering. It supports generated media, archival footage, Remotion, and HyperFrames. Builders should approach agentic video as pipeline selection plus explicit approval gates, not a single prompt. The Backlot board exposes stages, provider choices, per-asset costs, quality scores, and scene approvals before final rendering. The showcased costs and outputs are project examples, not broad quality benchmarks. **Zero paid API keys** still requires local dependencies and public-media sources; richer generation paths depend on optional providers, keys, and sometimes a GPU.
OpenMontage extends the reusable skill and plugin pattern from coding-agent packaging into end-to-end media production. It makes orchestration operationally visible through selectable pipelines, provider and cost tracking, quality scores, and scene-level approval gates. This supports bounded, inspectable agent workflows, while narrowing the zero-key claim to local and public-media paths rather than equivalent access to every production option.