LocalMiniDrama
Turns a story idea into a script, storyboard and finished short drama video on your PC
by xuanyu studio
ArcReel
by ArcReelAppMake video or audio
Turns a novel, script or product photos into storyboards and short videos on your server
The problem it solves
You have a story that would make a great short drama, but keeping the same characters across dozens of AI-generated shots is a mess.
For Short-drama and web-novel creatorsSmall video and ad teams
- Before
- You prompt shot by shot in separate tools, lose track of which face goes with which character, and guess what it all cost.
- After
- One workspace turns your text into characters, scenes, storyboards and clips with shared references, a cost view and a final cut.
- Stars
- ★ 5.9k
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Cost
- Usage-based
- Platforms
- Mac · Win · Linux
- Runs
- Self-hosted
Overview
ArcReel is an open-source video workspace you run on your own computer or server. You give it a novel, a finished screenplay or product material; its built-in agent breaks the story into characters, scenes and props, plans episodes, draws storyboards and generates video clips with the image and video providers you connect, showing estimated and actual costs along the way. You get a rendered final cut or a Jianying draft to keep editing. It suits short-drama creators and small video teams.
It reuses character and scene references across shots, and you can review key stages, regenerate single assets or roll back.
Try these first
Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.
- Open the read-only demo project and look through each stage: characters, scenes, storyboards, clips and the edit timeline.First try · no credits used
- Analyse this chapter and list the characters, scenes and props it needs: [paste chapter]uses model credits
- Draw storyboards for the first 4 shots of episode 1 and show the estimated cost.paid generation
- Export this episode as a Jianying draft so I can adjust the subtitles and pacing.
Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.
Features
From the creator's documentation.
| Feature | What it does | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Story analysis | Breaks a novel, screenplay or product brief into characters, scenes, props and an episode plan | Your model provider |
| Reference assets | Reuses character, scene and prop references across shots; regenerate or roll back any asset | Your server |
| Storyboards and clips | Generates storyboard images, video clips and optional voice-over through the providers you set up | Image and video APIs |
| Cost tracking | Shows estimated costs and actual usage for each provider | Your server |
| Final cut | Builds a timeline in the Edit view and renders a video you can download | Your server |
| Jianying draft | Exports a draft for the mainland-China Jianying editor to refine subtitles, audio and pacing | Your server |
Good to know
Adapt a chapter of a novel or a short screenplay into a storyboarded short video on your own server. ArcReel's agent plans characters, scenes and shots, then generates images and clips through the providers you configure.
Limits
- Every generation step calls the image, video and model providers you connect, and those charge per use. Start with 2 to 4 shots and watch the cost view before a full episode.
- The default setup opens port 1241 on all network interfaces; keep it off the public internet unless you add HTTPS or a VPN. Jianying exports target the mainland-China edition, and CapCut compatibility is not confirmed.
Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: ArcReel), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. ArcReel getting started · ArcReel README (English)
Stuck setting it up?
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