ComfyUI: Node-Based Image and Video AI (GitHub, Scanned)
Node-based image and video generation: every step of the pipeline is a box you can see and rewire.
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These free apps make, edit, record and convert images and video on your own computer. The good ones are actively maintained, run on hardware you already own and have a real community answering questions. Start with the job you need: generating images, recording your screen, trimming clips or converting files. Then check whether you are comfortable with a node graph or want a simpler window with buttons.
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Updated 30 October 2026 · moves since 26 October 2026 · re-ranked every 3 days on what readers use, never sponsored

The most capable way to run open image and video models locally, for people happy to wire up a node graph.

The standard free app for recording your screen and streaming live, on Windows, Mac and Linux.

A simple desktop app that enlarges and sharpens photos with AI, ideal if you just want bigger, cleaner images.

Converts almost any video into a smaller MP4, MKV or WebM, with presets for phones and the web.

Trims and joins clips in seconds without re-encoding, so quality stays exactly the same.

A full timeline video editor with filters and wide format support, a good free pick for everyday editing.

A polished local image studio with a layered canvas, suited to artists who want more control than a prompt box.

Removes image backgrounds offline, handy for product shots and batch jobs from the command line.

Turns a topic into a finished short video with script, footage, voiceover and subtitles, for quick social clips.

Transcribes, translates and subtitles a video, with optional dubbing, for creators reaching other languages.
Node-based image and video generation: every step of the pipeline is a box you can see and rewire.
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Type a topic and get a finished short video: script, stock footage, voiceover, subtitles and music.
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Record your screen and stream live to Twitch or YouTube, free and open source on every desktop.
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Detect, segment, track and estimate pose in images, video and webcams with pretrained YOLO models.
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Build videos as React components, render them to MP4, and let a coding agent write the animation.
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A free desktop app that enlarges and sharpens images with AI models, entirely on your own GPU.
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Cut, trim, merge and remux video and audio files in seconds, with no quality loss.
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A local image generation studio with a layered canvas, node workflows and a model manager, Apache-2.0.
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Record your screen, webcam or a sketchboard on Windows, edit it frame by frame, and save as a GIF.
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A free, open-source 2D graphics editor mixing layers with a procedural node graph, in your browser.
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Removes image backgrounds on your own machine, from the command line, a Python call or a small web server.
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The free, open-source video transcoder that turns almost any video into MP4, MKV or WebM.
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Turn an ordinary portrait into a correctly sized ID photo with a clean background, offline on CPU.
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Transcribe, translate and subtitle a video with AI, and optionally dub it into another language.
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The add-on manager for ComfyUI: install, update and disable custom nodes and models from the UI.
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A free, cross-platform video editor with a timeline, filters and wide format support.
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Writes a voice-over script for a video, then cuts, voices and subtitles the commentary edit for you.
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Microsoft's open 4B model that turns a single image into a detailed, textured 3D asset.
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A free pixel art editor for sprites, tiles and animation, on desktop and in the browser.
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A Krita plugin for AI inpainting, outpainting, live painting and upscaling on your own GPU.
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Detects, erases and retypes the text in manga and images, translated into your language.
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A web app that runs open video, image and audio models on consumer GPUs, some in 6 GB of VRAM.
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Install, update and launch ComfyUI, Forge, InvokeAI and more from one app, with one shared model library.
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A local web UI for image and video generation that runs dozens of model families on almost any GPU.
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