React Video Editor now has a managed SDK
A founder's note on how React Video Editor evolved from a full source code template into a managed SDK, and why that shift happened.
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Client-Side Rendering vs Server-Side Rendering, Explained Simply
A simple explanation of what happens when you render a video, why Remotion server-side rendering costs money, what client-side rendering changes, and why the browser version has limitations.
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Guides
Top 8 Video Software & SaaS Companies Killing It Right Now (2026)
A breakdown of the fastest-growing video software companies right now, what they’re doing differently, and what SaaS founders can learn if they want to build their own video product.
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Comparison
Why Running Models in the Browser Might Actually Matter
Why running smaller models locally can reduce latency, lower costs, and make interactive AI products feel much better to use.
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AI
How to Integrate React Video Editor into a Next.js App
A practical guide to integrating React Video Editor into a Next.js app, including where the editor should live, what your app still needs to own, and how to think about embedding vs building from scratch.
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Guides
Remotion Transitions vs React Video Editor: Package, Effects, or Full Editor Workflow?
A direct answer for teams searching for Remotion transitions, animations, and effects - including what the Remotion transitions package gives you, where it stops, and when you need a fuller editor layer.
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Comparison
Is Remotion Free? What the License Covers and When You Need More
A direct answer to whether Remotion is free, who qualifies for the free license, when a company license is required, and how that differs from needing a fuller React video editor layer.
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Guides
React Video Editor Component: What Teams Actually Need
A practical guide for teams evaluating a React video editor component, including what a component should handle, what still sits outside it, and when a component is enough vs when you need a fuller editor foundation.
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Open Source React Video Editor: What You Get, What You Still Need
A practical guide to evaluating an open-source React video editor, including what is actually free, what still needs engineering work, and when to use React Video Editor's open-source vs Pro paths.
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Open Source
How to Add Sound Effects to React Video Editor
Step-by-step guide to adding royalty-free sound effects and music to your React Video Editor app using the Lots of Sounds API.
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Guides
RVE Partners with Lots of Sounds for Royalty-Free Audio
React Video Editor has partnered with Lots of Sounds to bring 10,500+ royalty-free sound effects and music tracks into modern video workflows, with 20% off for RVE users.
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Partnership
White-Label Video Editor in React
A practical guide for teams that need a white-label video editor in React with their own branding, workflow, permissions, and rendering pipeline.
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Use Cases
AI Video Apps with React Video Editor
A buyer-focused guide for AI video products that need human editing, template control, review workflows, and export reliability inside the app.
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Use Cases
React Video Editor for SaaS
A practical guide for SaaS teams embedding video editing into their product without rebuilding timeline, captions, uploads, and rendering infrastructure from scratch.
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Use Cases
Build vs Buy a Video Editor
A practical build-vs-buy guide for teams deciding whether to build a video editor from scratch or use React Video Editor as the foundation for a production product.
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Comparison
How to Add Captions to a React Video Editor
A practical guide to adding captions and subtitles to a React video editor, including data models, SRT import, word timing, styling, and the fastest path if you do not want to build the whole system from scratch.
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Guides
How to Build a Video Timeline in React
A practical guide to building a React video timeline with tracks, drag and resize, playhead sync, frame-based timing, virtualization, and the fastest path if you do not want to build every timeline behavior from scratch.
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Guides
Web-Based Video Editor Architecture
A practical architecture guide for building a browser-based video editor with React, Next.js, Remotion, timelines, uploads, rendering jobs, and project state that stays consistent from preview to export.
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Guides
How to Build a Video Editor in React
A practical guide to building a browser-based video editor in React, including timeline architecture, playback, rendering, uploads, captions, and when to use React Video Editor instead of building everything from scratch.
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Guides
RVE Consultancy Services
Need help building your video product? Work directly with the team behind React Video Editor.
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Editorial
Version 8 of React Video Editor
Version 8 of React Video Editor! Let's dive into the new features and improvements.
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Releases
RVE Becomes Mediabunny’s First Bronze Sponsor
We’re proud to support Mediabunny as their very first bronze sponsor. Helping shape the future of video on the web.
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Sponsorship
Managing Projects and Templates in React Video Editor
This guide walks through how the project structure and template management flow could work in React Video Editor (RVE) version 7.
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Architecture
Remotion vs React Video Editor: Is Remotion Free and When Do You Need an Editor?
A developer-focused guide to Remotion vs React Video Editor, including whether Remotion is free, how licensing works, and when you need a full React video editor instead of the rendering engine alone.
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Comparison
How Versioning Works in React Video Editor
A quick explanation of how versioning is currently handled in RVE
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Architecture
Understanding how Stickers work in React Video Editor
A deep dive into how the sticker system works inside RVE. Learn how stickers are structured.
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Features
How Templates work in React Video Editor
Learn how templates work in React Video Editor and how they build on the overlay system to create reusable, structured video layouts.
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Features
Understanding Local Uploads in RVE
Learn how local uploads work in React Video Editor Pro with a built-in system for adding videos, images, and audio.
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Features
Version 7 of React Video Editor
Version 7 of React Video Editor is here! Let's dive into the new features and improvements.
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Releases
Understanding Overlays in React Video Editor
Overlays are the backbone of video composition in React Video Editor.
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Features
Version 6 of React Video Editor
Version 6 of React Video Editor is here! Let's dive into the new features and improvements.
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Releases
How Should Captions Work in a Video Editor?
Let's deep dive into how captions work in RVE. I'll break down the current implementation and how captions are generated.
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Features
Add Local Upload Support to RVE
Learn how to extend the React Video Editor to allow user-uploaded videos with a seamless workflow using Supabase or other storage solutions.
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Guides
How to use the Pexels Video API in Next.js
Learn how to integrate the Pexels Video API into your Next.js application, create custom hooks, and display high-quality videos seamlessly.
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Guides
Video Rendering with Remotion & AWS Lambda
Explore how to set up Remotion Video rendering within a Next.js application, focusing on frontend configuration, composition setup, API communication, and AWS Lambda integration.
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Guides
How to Build an AI-Powered Video Editor
AI-powered video editors are revolutionizing the world of content creation, enabling creators to automatically enhance and transform videos with minimal effort.
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AI
How to Build a Faceless Tiktok Channel with AI
Building a faceless video channel is an increasingly popular trend in content creation, especially on platforms like TikTok and YouTube.
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AI
Why I Created the React Video Editor
Discover why I built a React Video Editor component, leveraging Remotion and Next.js, to simplify the complex process of video editing in web apps.
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Editorial
How to build a Video Editor with Remotion and Next.js
Lets learn how to build a web based video editor with Remotion, Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
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