Save months of development time with React Video Editor. It is a strong foundation for video-related products.
Building and maintaining video editing capabilities inside your app is expensive, time-consuming, and complex, even with the latest AI models. This is what makes tools like Veed or Canva so impressive. React Video Editor takes care of the hard parts.
We have already built the editor. Add it to your app and focus on what makes your product different.
Skip the hassle of building a video editor from scratch. Our editor integrates seamlessly into your project, providing a robust foundation for your business.
Add effects and transitions to overlays including text, images, and videos. Choose from animations like slide-in, fade-out, and more - all powered by extendable animation templates. Easily create custom animations and transitions for your video projects.
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Manually type captions or upload .SRT files from speech-to-text services. Position and style captions anywhere with customizable animated subtitle styles.
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Upload and manage all your media files entirely client-side using IndexedDB. No server storage needed - videos, images, and audio stay private on your users' devices with fast, local access and efficient browser-based storage.
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Built as a perfect foundation for AI integrations. Already includes AI-powered features like automatic subtitle generation and greenscreen background removal. Easily extend with your own AI capabilities to create intelligent video editing experiences.
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Built-in light and dark mode support with fully extensible theming system. Create custom themes tailored to your brand with complete control over colors, spacing, and styling - making it easy to deliver a cohesive experience that matches your design system.
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Add 3D transformations and effects to your overlays. Apply rotations, perspective shifts. Create dynamic, eye-catching compositions with hardware-accelerated 3D rendering.
Learn moreA production-grade editor means senior engineers, infrastructure, and relentless QA - easily six figures before you ship a single feature your users actually asked for.
Timelines, rendering, media handling and playback take teams the better part of six months to get right. That's six months your roadmap stands still.
Browsers change, codecs shift, and devices break in new ways. A video editor is never “done”. It needs constant upkeep and bug-chasing long after launch.
Frame-accurate rendering, timeline performance and cross-device media are niche skills. The engineers who have shipped this before are rare and costly to hire.
Products
Choose the managed SDK when you want us to maintain the editor. Choose the source template when your team needs full control of the code.
Managed React SDK
Add production-ready image and video editing to your React app. We package new features, fixes, and improvements, so your team does not have to maintain the editor.
Source-code template
Build your video editing product from a complete source-code template. Shape the editor, host it your way, and maintain it on your terms.
Why does RVE offer two video editor products?
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Install the maintained package and add a complete video editor inside your product.
View full documentation"use client";
import React from 'react';
import { ReactVideoEditor } from '@reactvideoeditor/react-video-editor/react-video-editor';
import '@reactvideoeditor/react-video-editor/styles.css';
export default function VideoEditorPage() {
const PROJECT_ID = "my-video-project";
return (
<ReactVideoEditor
projectId={PROJECT_ID}
/>
);
}One code-first foundation, endless products. Embed a full editor, power AI video workflows, ship an ad maker, or build internal tools all inside your own app, UI, and infrastructure.
Embed a complete video editor inside your product, so users can upload, trim, add text, preview, and export without leaving your app.
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Give AI models a structured way to generate video content, then give users a real editor to refine, preview, and export the result.
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Help marketers move from a prompt or product URL to ready-to-test ad creatives, with controls for copy, timing, branding, formats, and final exports.
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Embed video editing in your own social, scheduling, or content app so users can make clips, resize posts, add captions, and publish without leaving your product.
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Use RVE to own your video software and customize internal workflows that help marketing, content, support, and sales produce on-brand videos faster.
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Let customers or teammates generate polished videos from locked templates, swapping text, media, and data while your brand rules stay protected.
Explore this use caseBuilt to be extended. A clean, extensible architecture makes it easy to build AI workflows and support MCP-powered editing agents.
Ready to be built
Works with
OpenAI
Claude
GeminiEditing a video through Claude & Cursor, via the RVE MCP
Claude Code 1.4.2 · connected to react-video-editor
⎿rve::trimClip→ removed 4.2s of leading silence
⎿rve::transcribeAudio→ 41 segments, word-level timestamps
⎿rve::addCaptions→ captions added, synced to words
clip.mp4
duration: 0:38 → 0:34
captions: 41 segments · word-synced
⎿rve::addOverlay→ logo pinned top-right, 80% opacity
⎿rve::render→ 1080p · h.264 · done in 12s
>Now cut a 15-second vertical version for TikTok
Don't just take our word for it. See what developers and product teams are saying about their experience with our React Video Editor.
Daniel Gutt
Founder, Sports Scouting
“We had everything set up right away and launched our MVP in just two weeks. The codebase is super organized and easy to work with. Great code, great support.”
Tim
Founder, Ponder Studio
“The team went above and beyond in integrating the RVE timeline into our existing system. All deliverables were delivered on time and the iteration cycles were very fast. We are pleased with the result and it was a major upgrade over our existing video editor system.”
Engineering Team
“Great for anyone building web-based video editing tools. It's lightweight, flexible, and integrates smoothly into React apps. Perfect for anyone building creative apps with React.”
William Wang
Founder, Clova
“Saved me 100+ hours.”
CTO
“The team supported us as experts in Remotion and did an outstanding job. They were reliable, fast, and brought their own creative ideas to the table. I'd gladly work with them again anytime.”
Robert W. Schönholz
Founder, Laria.ai
“The codebase is clean and very easy to work with, perfect for anyone who wants to generate AI motion graphics. Worked great for us.”
Founder
“RVE changed everything for us. Instead of spending months coding a video editor, we hit the ground running with AI video features. Captions, transitions, effects-it was all there. And Sam's support? Absolutely incredible!”
Calum | Founder of Drug Tariff NHS
“Saved me a month of development time compared to the in-house solution I was working on. I love how easy it is to customize to my liking”
Zavion | Founder of SocialGo
“Incredible Purchase!”
Timothy | Founder of Ponder AI
“Finally, a developer tool that looks and feels modern. The UI is clean, smooth, and just makes sense. No unnecessary complexity.”
Lead Designer & Developer
“This saved us so much time. We went from manually piecing together animations to having a fully functional video editor in our app within days.”
Senior Software Engineer
“Super intuitive and easy to customize. The design is so slick and our dev team were able to get up and running super quickly.”
Product Manager
“Setting up the editor was a breeze. Honestly one of the best DX experiences I've had in a while.”
Founding Engineer
“This completely changed how we approach building our video editor app. The flexibility and customizability made it a no-brainer.”
CTO
“We tested a bunch of different solutions, but this one was by far the most powerful and easy to integrate. Saved us months of dev work.”
Senior Product Manager
“Great foundation for building a video editor. We've been able to build a lot of custom features on top of it.”
Engineering Manager
“RVE changed everything for us. Instead of spending months coding a video editor, we hit the ground running with AI video features. Captions, transitions, effects-it was all there. And Sam's support? Absolutely incredible!”
Calum | Founder of Drug Tariff NHS
“Saved me a month of development time compared to the in-house solution I was working on. I love how easy it is to customize to my liking”
Zavion | Founder of SocialGo
“Incredible Purchase!”
Timothy | Founder of Ponder AI
“Finally, a developer tool that looks and feels modern. The UI is clean, smooth, and just makes sense. No unnecessary complexity.”
Lead Designer & Developer
“This saved us so much time. We went from manually piecing together animations to having a fully functional video editor in our app within days.”
Senior Software Engineer
“Super intuitive and easy to customize. The design is so slick and our dev team were able to get up and running super quickly.”
Product Manager
“Setting up the editor was a breeze. Honestly one of the best DX experiences I've had in a while.”
Founding Engineer
“This completely changed how we approach building our video editor app. The flexibility and customizability made it a no-brainer.”
CTO
“We tested a bunch of different solutions, but this one was by far the most powerful and easy to integrate. Saved us months of dev work.”
Senior Product Manager
“Great foundation for building a video editor. We've been able to build a lot of custom features on top of it.”
Engineering Manager
“Great foundation for building a video editor. We've been able to build a lot of custom features on top of it.”
Engineering Manager
“We tested a bunch of different solutions, but this one was by far the most powerful and easy to integrate. Saved us months of dev work.”
Senior Product Manager
“This completely changed how we approach building our video editor app. The flexibility and customizability made it a no-brainer.”
CTO
“Setting up the editor was a breeze. Honestly one of the best DX experiences I've had in a while.”
Founding Engineer
“Super intuitive and easy to customize. The design is so slick and our dev team were able to get up and running super quickly.”
Product Manager
“This saved us so much time. We went from manually piecing together animations to having a fully functional video editor in our app within days.”
Senior Software Engineer
“Finally, a developer tool that looks and feels modern. The UI is clean, smooth, and just makes sense. No unnecessary complexity.”
Lead Designer & Developer
“Incredible Purchase!”
Timothy | Founder of Ponder AI
“Saved me a month of development time compared to the in-house solution I was working on. I love how easy it is to customize to my liking”
Zavion | Founder of SocialGo
“RVE changed everything for us. Instead of spending months coding a video editor, we hit the ground running with AI video features. Captions, transitions, effects-it was all there. And Sam's support? Absolutely incredible!”
Calum | Founder of Drug Tariff NHS
“Great foundation for building a video editor. We've been able to build a lot of custom features on top of it.”
Engineering Manager
“We tested a bunch of different solutions, but this one was by far the most powerful and easy to integrate. Saved us months of dev work.”
Senior Product Manager
“This completely changed how we approach building our video editor app. The flexibility and customizability made it a no-brainer.”
CTO
“Setting up the editor was a breeze. Honestly one of the best DX experiences I've had in a while.”
Founding Engineer
“Super intuitive and easy to customize. The design is so slick and our dev team were able to get up and running super quickly.”
Product Manager
“This saved us so much time. We went from manually piecing together animations to having a fully functional video editor in our app within days.”
Senior Software Engineer
“Finally, a developer tool that looks and feels modern. The UI is clean, smooth, and just makes sense. No unnecessary complexity.”
Lead Designer & Developer
“Incredible Purchase!”
Timothy | Founder of Ponder AI
“Saved me a month of development time compared to the in-house solution I was working on. I love how easy it is to customize to my liking”
Zavion | Founder of SocialGo
“RVE changed everything for us. Instead of spending months coding a video editor, we hit the ground running with AI video features. Captions, transitions, effects-it was all there. And Sam's support? Absolutely incredible!”
Calum | Founder of Drug Tariff NHS
Laria wanted to build an AI studio inside their app where users could generate ads from a prompt and reference image, then edit and customise the result. They used RVE as the foundation for the editor, supporting both static and video ads.
ShotGlass created a macOS screen recorder that turns raw captures into polished product demos with edits, zooms, backgrounds and annotations. RVE provided the editing foundation, so the app could focus on the recording experience.
Join developers around the world who are building the next generation of digital video SaaS.
Web-based video requires rendering, timeline performance, browser support, media processing, cross-device testing, and years of maintenance. That's why most teams choose to build with React Video Editor.
Complex editor: A production-grade, AI-ready editor with collaboration, advanced effects, AI captions, editing agents, and a scalable render pipeline. Connect MCP servers to Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and the workflows your users actually want. AI lowers the build cost, but senior engineering time, edge cases, infrastructure, and support remain the expensive parts.
Estimated saving vs. building in-house
$178,501saved
In-house estimate $179,000 vs. React Video Editor from $499.
Pricing
Start with a maintained SDK or own the complete source-code template. Select a product to see its current plans.
Get the maintained editor, new releases through npm, and support from the team that builds it.
Hobby
billed $149 yearly · no monthly plan
For one developer who builds personal, learning, or other non-commercial projects.
Get startedKey features
For personal / hobby projects and non-commercial work.
Commercial
billed yearly
For teams adding video editing capabilities to a paid product, client project, or commercial workflow.
Get startedEverything you need for Commercial
For commercial products and client work.
Enterprise
custom annual plan
For larger teams that need custom terms, deeper integrations, or dedicated support.
Contact usEverything you need for Enterprise
A plan built for your team.
RVE helps teams design, build, and launch video products faster. From early prototypes to production editing workflows, we can support your team with architecture, implementation, and rendering infrastructure.
Work with us on a focused build sprint, hands-on development, or a complete video solution. Our specialist engineers know how to turn ambitious video ideas into reliable products, without the cost and delay of building a full in-house video team.
Get answers to common questions about React Video Editor and how it can help accelerate your development process.
Because building a production-ready video editor is far harder, and far more expensive than most teams expect. Most people start thinking they just need a timeline and a renderer, but then they run into browser memory issues, playback desync, rendering pipelines, uploads, trimming logic, captions, exports, cloud rendering, media processing, performance problems, and suddenly months disappear.
Even with the latest AI models, you still end up owning and maintaining a huge amount of complex infrastructure. That's usually the hidden cost. It's not just building the editor, it's supporting it long term once real users start uploading large projects and expecting everything to work reliably.
React Video Editor gives your team a foundation that's already been through those problems so instead of burning engineering time rebuilding infrastructure, you can focus on the part of the product that actually makes you different.
Very quickly. Once React Video Editor is installed, you immediately have a production-ready video editor running inside your app. Most teams have the editor integrated and working within a morning, then it becomes about tailoring the experience around your workflow, product, and users.
The Editor is modular, so teams can start simple and gradually expand over time as the product grows.
Speed, but more importantly avoiding expensive engineering dead ends.
You could absolutely build a video editor internally. Many teams try. The problem is the maintenance burden slowly becomes its own full-time project. Rendering issues, browser limitations, uploads, media processing, timeline performance, exports, infrastructure scaling, it never really stops.
React Video Editor gives your team a massive head start with a foundation that's actively maintained and improving every month. At the very least, you can be confident the editor works properly and won't quietly consume months of engineering time trying to support it internally.
For most teams, it ends up dramatically cheaper than building and maintaining everything themselves.
React Video Editor supports multiple rendering approaches depending on your product and infrastructure.
Client-side rendering runs directly in the browser using WebCodecs which is great for fast exports, lower infrastructure costs, and simpler setups.
For larger workloads or production-scale rendering, you can use server-side or AWS Lambda rendering. A lot of teams end up using a mix depending on the workflow they're building.
We also help customers choose the right rendering architecture based on their product, scale, export requirements, and infrastructure goals because there's no single "correct" setup for every team.
Yes - that's one of the main reasons teams use it. You can customize the UI, hide features, change workflows, apply your own branding, and shape the editor around your product.
Some teams use the SDK as a lightweight editing layer while others build fully custom AI video products and workflows on top of it.
Standard RVE SDK plans do not include the complete editor source code. Choose RVE Pro if your team must own and change the full Version 8 application.
Enterprise SDK customers can contact us about source-access and integration options.
RVE Pro was the original version of React Video Editor. It's a full Next.js source code template that gives teams complete ownership and flexibility from day one.
A lot of early customers loved that approach, especially teams wanting to deeply customize everything, but over time we kept seeing the same problem appear. As customers modified the codebase heavily, staying in sync with new versions became difficult. Updates got painful, projects drifted, and eventually teams were maintaining large parts of the editor themselves.
That feedback is ultimately why we built the SDK.
The SDK gives teams a maintained editor as private React packages. We ship updates through npm, so teams do not need to merge a source template or maintain an editor fork.
RVE Pro and RVE SDK use separate architectures and do not match feature for feature. New RVE features arrive on the SDK first. RVE Pro remains available for teams that need the complete source template.
Most teams should choose the SDK. Choose Pro only when complete source-code ownership is a firm requirement.
Every customer gets email support directly from our engineering team. For customers building larger products or deeper integrations, we also work closely through Slack, Teams, shared channels, and ongoing collaboration depending on the engagement.
A big part of React Video Editor is helping teams navigate the complexity around rendering, infrastructure, scaling, and architecture decisions, not just handing over a package and disappearing.
Join developers building amazing products with React Video Editor!
Choose RVE SDK for a maintained editor that receives regular updates. Choose RVE Pro when you need the complete source code.
