Timeline Studio

🎬 AI-Powered Video Editor • 🚀 Multi-Platform Export • ⚡ GPU Acceleration

🎬 About the Project

What is Timeline Studio?

Timeline Studio is a next-generation professional video editor with AI integration that automates content creation for social media. Built on modern technologies (Tauri + Next.js), it combines the power of desktop applications with the convenience of web interfaces.

🎯 Key Advantages

• 🤖 100+ AI Tools - complete video production automation with multi-provider support
• ⚡ GPU Acceleration - hardware encoding NVENC, QuickSync, VideoToolbox
• 🔌 Plugin System - extend functionality without changing code
• 🌐 15 Language Interface - complete localization for global audience with RTL support
• 🔒 Local Processing - your content stays private
• 📊 80%+ Test Coverage - professional-level reliability

🚀 Problems We Solve

One upload → dozens of ready versions:

• 📱 TikTok - vertical shorts with trending effects (direct upload)
• 📺 YouTube - full movies, short clips, Shorts (direct upload)
• 🎬 Vimeo - high-quality cinematic versions (direct upload)
• ✈️ Telegram - optimized versions for channels and chats (direct upload)
• 📸 Instagram - Reels, Stories, posts optimized for manual upload

💡 How It Works

"Create a video about my trip to Asia for all social media" - and in minutes you have ready variants: dynamic shorts for TikTok, atmospheric vlog for YouTube, bright Stories for Instagram. AI selects the best moments, syncs with music and adapts for each platform.

⚡ Why This Changes Everything

• 10x Time Savings - no more manual adaptation for each video
• AI Understands Trends - knows what works on each social network
• Professional Quality - using the same tools as major studios
• Modular Architecture - easily add new features through plugins
• Open Source - transparency and ability to participate in development

🏗️ Architecture

Timeline Studio is built on modern modular architecture:

Frontend (Next.js 15 + React 19)

• Feature-based organization - each function in /src/features/ is self-contained
• State Management - XState v5 for complex states
• UI Components - shadcn/ui + Radix UI + Tailwind CSS v4
• TypeScript - strict typing and safety

Backend and Headless Runtime

• Rust workspace - crates/* owns schema, render, media analysis, montage, publish and the timeline CLI
• TypeScript workspaces - packages/core, packages/domains, packages/adapters, packages/ui
• Desktop host - Tauri v2 remains the desktop shell over the shared runtime
• Headless entrypoints - render-job, bot-workflow, bot-worker and Rust timeline

📚 Detailed Frontend Architecture → 📚 Detailed Backend Architecture → 📚 Plugin System → 🛠️ Technical Stack Details →

🤖 AI Integration

Timeline Studio features comprehensive AI integration with 100+ specialized tools:

AI Providers

• Claude (Anthropic) - Primary AI with advanced reasoning
• OpenAI - GPT-4 models for diverse tasks
• DeepSeek - Specialized reasoning models
• Ollama - Local models for offline operation

AI Tool Categories

• Timeline Tools (50) - Intelligent project creation and editing
• Media Analysis (27) - Scene detection, quality analysis, content intelligence
• Audio Processing (12) - Transcription, noise removal, music sync
• Export Optimization (12) - Platform-specific adaptations
• Effects & Filters (10) - AI-powered visual enhancements
• And 40+ more specialized tools

📚 AI Chat Documentation → 🛠️ AI Tools Reference →

📚 Runtime Documentation

Timeline Studio uses a modular Rust + TypeScript workspace architecture. Desktop, CLI and bot/headless workflows share the same contracts where possible.

Headless and Contracts

📚 External Headless Contracts - supported ProjectSchema, Rust timeline, render-job, bot-workflow, bot-worker and bot-cleanup entrypoints 🤖 Bot-First Production Contract - Telegram AI review state, restart, retry, cleanup and Rust publish boundary 🧪 Telegram AI Review Sandbox Smoke - mocked and real sandbox validation path

Architecture

🧱 Package Boundaries - workspace ownership and import boundaries 🔁 Root Compatibility Shims - temporary root paths and migration criteria 🦀 Rust Backend Architecture - Rust/Tauri architecture and technology overview

src-tauri remains a desktop host/glue layer. External consumers should use the documented headless entrypoints instead of importing desktop internals.

🏗️ Project Status

🚀 Alpha version: 97.5% ready 🎯

✅ Completed: modular Rust workspace, TypeScript workspaces and bot-first/headless contract hardening 📋 Recently Completed:

• 📦 Phase F TypeScript Workspaces - core, domains, adapters, ui, apps/desktop and apps/cli
• 🤖 Bot-first Telegram AI Review - upload, preview, text/voice/video-note revisions, approval and publish
• 🧱 Phase G Headless Contracts - supported external entrypoints, package boundaries and root shim migration path
• ✅ Green main CI - build, frontend tests, bot/AI headless tests and Node lint after Phase G merge

→ Detailed Roadmap

Getting Started

Quick Setup

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/chatman-media/timeline-studio.git
cd timeline-studio
bun install

# Run development mode
bun run tauri dev

Requirements

• Node.js v24+, Rust, Bun, FFmpeg

🚑 Troubleshooting Common Issues

FFmpeg Not Found

# macOS
brew install ffmpeg
export ORT_DYLIB_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib

# Windows - use setup script
./scripts/setup-rust-env-windows.ps1

# Linux
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev

Build Failures

• Windows: Ensure Visual Studio 2022 with C++ tools is installed
• macOS: Install Xcode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install
• Linux: Install build essentials: sudo apt-get install build-essential

📚 Complete Installation Guide → 🪟 Windows Setup → 🎥 Video Tutorial → 📖 Full Documentation → - Complete documentation with 18+ sections

Development

Quick Start

# Development mode
bun run tauri dev

# Run tests
bun run test && bun run test:rust

# Check code quality
bun run check:all

📚 Complete Development Guide →

CI/CD & Code Quality

Automated Workflows

• ✅ Linting: ESLint, Stylelint, Clippy
• ✅ Testing: Frontend (Vitest), Backend (Rust), E2E (Playwright)
• ✅ Coverage: Codecov integration
• ✅ Build: Cross-platform builds

📚 Detailed CI/CD Guide → 🔧 Linting & Formatting →

👨‍💻 Developer Resources

Contributing to Timeline Studio

• 🤝 Contributing Guide - How to contribute to the project
• 🐛 Report Issues - Found a bug? Let us know!
• 💡 Feature Requests - Suggest new features

Plugin Development

• 🔌 Plugin System Guide - Build your own plugins
• 🚀 Plugin Quickstart - Get started in 5 minutes
• 📦 Plugin API Reference - Complete API documentation

Testing & Quality

• 🧪 Testing Guide - Unit, integration, E2E testing
• 📊 Test Utils - Audio and Tauri component testing
• ✅ Code Style - Coding standards
• 🔍 Performance Guide - Optimization tips

🌐 Community & Support

Join Our Community

Get Help

• 📚 FAQ - Frequently asked questions
• 💬 Discussions - Ask questions, share ideas
• 🐛 Issue Tracker - Report bugs
• 📧 Email Support - [email protected]

Project Roadmap

• 🗺️ Development Roadmap - See what's coming next
• ✨ Completed Features - Recently shipped features
• 🎯 Alpha Release Progress - 97.5% complete!
• 📊 Project Status - Current development stats

Support the Project

• ⭐ Star on GitHub - Show your support
• 🤝 Contribute - Join the development
• 💼 Commercial License - For business use

🤝 Contributors

Thank you to all the amazing people who have contributed to Timeline Studio:

💎 Sponsors

Timeline Studio is supported by these amazing sponsors:

🌟 Gold Sponsors

Special thanks to our generous crypto sponsors who have contributed $1,000+ to the project development!

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License

MIT License with Commons Clause - free for personal use, commercial use requires agreement.

📄 Full License Details → | 📧 Commercial License: [email protected]