AgentIndex icon
AgentIndex
ToolsMCP ServersHOTCategoriesTrendingNewBest ListsCompareGuides
Submit Tool
ToolsMCP ServersHOTCategoriesTrendingNewBest ListsCompareGuides
Home/
Vision / Multimodal/
Director
Director logo

Director

Active·★ 1.6k·MIT·Updated 2026-01-23
★ Essential

Director is a framework for building video agents that reason through tasks such as search, editing, compilation and generation, and stream the results. The README describes it as ChatGPT for videos: a command like "Upload this video and send the highlights to my Slack" is broken down and handed to the right agents.

It ships more than 20 pre-built agents that you can customise, covering summarising videos, generating a full video with voiceover from a script, searching and indexing a media library, clipping, dubbing, translation and subtitles. The interface is a chat with built-in video playback, and you can connect other LLMs and generative AI APIs and add your own agents and tools.

Director is built on VideoDB's video-as-data infrastructure for storage, indexing and streaming, and a hosted version is offered. To run it yourself, clone the repository, run `./setup.sh` (which installs Node.js 22.8.0 via nvm and Python environments) and add your API keys to the `.env` files; Mac, Linux and Windows through WSL are supported. GitHub does not detect a licence, and our data shows the last push on 2026-01-23.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool. Data as of 2026-10-16.

License
MIT
Latest release
First · 2024-12-03
Last commit
2026-01-23
Contributors
13
Forks
257
Open issues and PRs
22
First published
2024-10-14

Source: GitHub, npm and PyPI public APIs.

#Video AI#Agent Framework#Generative AI#Media Processing#Python#Coding
$ Install
$ ./setup.sh
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Over 20 customizable pre-built video agents for tasks like summarization, generation, and editing.
02Intuitive chat-based interface with integrated video playback.
03Seamless integration with leading GenAI projects and APIs (LLMs, databases).
04Ability to generate full movies with voiceovers from a script.
05Highly customizable and flexible, allowing local or cloud deployment and easy agent extension.
02

Why choose it

+More than 20 customisable video agents for summaries, search, clipping, dubbing, subtitles and generation.
+Chat interface with built-in playback, driven by natural-language commands.
+Extensible with your own agents, tools and generative AI APIs.
+Setup script handles Node.js and Python environments.
03

Trade-offs

!It is built on VideoDB's infrastructure, so your videos and usage depend on that service.
!GitHub does not detect a licence, so reuse terms are unclear.
!Windows needs WSL, and our data shows the last push on 2026-01-23.
04

Maintenance check

SlowingChecked: 2026-10-18
Last commit
2026-01-23
Commits, last 90 days
0
Releases, last 90 days
0
Latest release
First (2024-12-03)
Open issues
21
Recent issues with at least one comment
2/5
Commits per week, last 12 weeks
Commits per week, last 12 weeks: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

Most discussed open issues

  • #84 Stop generation feature1 comments · 2024-11-27
  • #194 Add EvoLink as an LLM provider0 comments · 2026-06-17
  • #186 Add Siray as AI API option0 comments · 2026-01-30
  • #158 Brandkit agent: Use public collection to get defaults instead of env.0 comments · 2025-03-12
  • #116 Context Management for Session in Case of Context Length Breach0 comments · 2024-12-31

Issue titles are quoted from GitHub. Open the link to check whether a problem still applies to the version you use.

05

Compatibility

Mac
Supported
Verified via docs
Linux
Supported
Verified via docs
Windows
WSL Supported
Verified via docs
06

Quick start

1
$ ./setup.sh
07

Use cases

↳Automating video content creation and editing workflows, such as generating highlight reels or full movies from scripts.
↳Intelligent video search and indexing for quickly finding specific moments or organizing large media libraries.
↳Integrating various GenAI APIs and LLMs to enable conversational interaction with video data for summarization, translation, and more.
08

Alternatives

⚡Top VS:
VSPydantic AI★20.8k→VSmcp-agent★8.6k→VSCodeFuse-muAgent★777→VSai-doc-gen★768→
Pydantic AI logo
Pydantic AI★ 20.8k
GenAI Agent Framework, the Pydantic way. A Python agent framework designed for production with type safety at its core.
VSCompare→
mcp-agent logo
mcp-agent★ 8.6k
Build effective agents using Model Context Protocol and simple workflow patterns
VSCompare→
CodeFuse-muAgent logo
CodeFuse-muAgent★ 777
An Innovative Agent Framework Driven by KG Engine
VSCompare→
ai-doc-gen logo
ai-doc-gen★ 768
AI-powered multi-agent system that automatically analyzes codebases and generates comprehensive documentation. Features GitLab integration, concurrent processing, and multiple LLM support for better code understanding and developer onboarding.
VSCompare→
virtualhome logo
virtualhome★ 642
API to run VirtualHome, a Multi-Agent Household Simulator
VSCompare→
mcp-client-cli logo
mcp-client-cli★ 675
A simple CLI to run LLM prompt and implement MCP client.
VSCompare→
ChatTTS logo
ChatTTS★ 39.9k
A generative speech model for daily dialogue.
VSCompare→
Meshroom logo
Meshroom★ 13.0k
Node-based Visual Programming Toolbox
VSCompare→
See all alternatives →

Comments

Log in to leave a comment

No comments yet. Be the first!

On this page
01Features02Why choose it03Trade-offs04Maintenance check05Compatibility06Quick start07Use cases08Alternatives
video-db /
Director
↗

Framework for chat-driven video agents that search, clip, summarise, dub and generate video, built on VideoDB's infrastructure

1.6k257MIT
Last commit9mo ago
StatusActive
CategoryVision / Multimodal
Contributors13
Latest releaseFirst
Links
Documentation↗Discussion↗Issues↗Releases↗
Cloud Infrastructure
Ad

Deploy on DigitalOcean

Host your MCP servers, Docker containers, and AI agents with $200 free credit over 60 days.

Claim $200 Free Credit
© 2026 AgentIndex.app|Built by a 10-year iOS Developer.
Best by use caseAboutContactAdvertisePrivacy PolicyTerms of UseQYSGitHubBuy me a coffee ☕

Browse by Category

MCP ServersCode AssistantWorkflow AutomationRAG / Knowledge BaseMulti-AgentBrowser AutomationLLM InfraDev ToolingObservability

Not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI or Microsoft.