<p>From scripts to video, images, voice, avatars, translation, and editing, Agents move the whole creative process forward in one workspace.</p>
<p><strong>OpenCreator was formerly known as KrillinAI.</strong></p>
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OpenCreator is built for individuals and teams who want to keep creative and development work running locally. Instead of reimplementing an Agent loop, it uses Codex CLI as the execution engine and adds a stable local Runtime, a visual workspace, and a Desktop host around it.
The product brings together two connected workflows:
AI content creation: use dedicated creator tools for video translation, video downloading, thumbnail generation, and image generation.
General Agent workspace: organize conversations by project, keep Runs working in the background, and manage approvals, attachments, files, Skills, MCP, schedules, notifications, memory, and diagnostics from one place.
Web is the single frontend implementation. Desktop loads the same Web build and adds only capabilities that require the operating system, such as directory selection, window lifecycle, tray behavior, and native notifications. With the same data and content viewport, both platforms share the same general UI and Runtime behavior.
Project Highlights
🤖 Codex Native: Reuse the Codex Agent loop, models, reasoning, tool calls, conversations, Skills, and MCP without maintaining a second execution engine.
🚀 Ready-to-Use Desktop App: Launch OpenCreator directly from the desktop app with Codex CLI included; the local Runtime starts on demand and prepares a default project automatically.
🔄 Managed Runtime Components: Inspect bundled, active, and latest yt-dlp versions, check for updates periodically, and update manually while keeping the current working version available if an update fails.
🎨 Multimodal Creation: Create and manage video, images, audio, subtitles, and documents through one connected workflow.
🔗 Dual-Mode Workflow: Work through either the visual workspace or Agent conversation while one shared state machine keeps steps, progress, and results synchronized.
🕘 Versioning: Every revision creates a new version while preserving earlier settings and outputs for review and comparison.
🧩 Skills and MCP: Browse, install, and invoke Skills while managing MCP through Codex-native configuration.
🧠 Memory: Keep global, project, and thread memory with summaries and reproducible Run input snapshots.
🔐 Local Security: Keep data, attachments, and logs local by default, with approvals and redacted diagnostics.
Prerequisites
Node.js 22 or later
pnpm 9.15.0, pinned through the repository's packageManager field
A Codex CLI executable available in your terminal
A valid Codex CLI login for real model tasks
Check your local environment first:
node --version
pnpm --version
codex --version
Examples
Quick Start
Configuration
Runtime Environment Variables
Most users do not need environment variables. Use these when you need isolated data, a specific Codex executable, or a custom managed-project directory:
Environment variable
Default
Purpose
OPENCREATOR_DATA_DIR
.runtime
OpenCreator database, Runs, attachments, and managed workspaces
OPENCREATOR_CODEX_BIN
codex
Path to the Codex CLI executable
CODEX_HOME
~/.codex
Source of truth for Codex sessions, configuration, Skills, MCP, and Profiles
OPENCREATOR_DEFAULT_CWD
Current working directory
Default daemon working directory
OPENCREATOR_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ROOT
Runtime default policy
Managed-project root; when set, OpenCreator uses its OpenCreator/ child directory
OPENCREATOR_CODEX_THREAD_ROTATION_RUN_THRESHOLD
50
Terminal Run threshold for rotating the Codex thread behind a long-running schedule; use 0 to disable proactive rotation
For example, isolate both Runtime data and the Codex environment:
Open Settings → AI Services to configure the model, transcription, voice, and image providers used by the current workspaces. Additional service categories may appear in preparation for upcoming creator tools. Each category exposes only the fields required by its selected provider, including the Base URL, API Key, model, proxy, or provider-specific credentials.
Credentials are saved through the local Runtime's system credential storage and should never be committed to the repository. Some local or system-backed providers, such as Edge TTS, do not require an API Key.
Core Workflows
Third-party Runtime Components
Open Settings → Third-party Components to inspect the yt-dlp nightly version currently in use, the version bundled with OpenCreator, its source, and the latest available release. OpenCreator checks for updates every seven days but never installs them automatically. Updates require an explicit user action, and the current working version remains available if downloading, verification, or installation fails.
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