# iLoveVideoEditor developer portal

> Open-source TypeScript toolkit for composing videos from code. JSON-based scenes, three official renderers (browser via WebCodecs, server via headless Chromium, DOM for live preview), 29 transition presets, 43 GLSL effects, layer groups, frame-perfect keyframes. Apache-2.0.

The canonical public documentation, templates, effects, transitions, and
developer guides live on `https://ilovevideoeditor.dev`.

## Install & distribution

- [Install page](https://ilovevideoeditor.com/install): All install channels for the CLI and SDKs — npm, Homebrew, Docker, winget, Scoop, AUR, JSR, NuGet.
- [npm — ilovevideoeditor](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ilovevideoeditor): The CLI for Node.js 18+ (`npm install -g ilovevideoeditor` or `npx ilovevideoeditor`).
- [npm — @ilovevideoeditor/sdk-node](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ilovevideoeditor/sdk-node): The typed Node.js SDK for the REST API.
- [Homebrew tap](https://github.com/ilovevideoeditor/homebrew-tap): Native CLI binary for macOS & Linux (`brew install ilovevideoeditor/tap/ilovevideoeditor`).
- [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/ilovevideoeditor/cli): Multi-arch (amd64 + arm64) CLI image (`docker run ilovevideoeditor/cli render video.json -o out.mp4`); also on GHCR as `ghcr.io/ilovevideoeditor/cli`.
- [winget](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/402460): Windows package (`winget install ilovevideoeditor`) — listing in review.
- [Scoop bucket](https://github.com/ilovevideoeditor/scoop-bucket): Windows CLI via Scoop (`scoop install ilovevideoeditor` after adding the bucket).
- [AUR — ilovevideoeditor](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ilovevideoeditor): Arch Linux package (`yay -S ilovevideoeditor`).
- [JSR — @ilovevideoeditor/core](https://jsr.io/@ilovevideoeditor/core): The TypeScript-first core library for Deno & Bun.
- [NuGet — iLoveVideoEditor.Sdk](https://www.nuget.org/packages/iLoveVideoEditor.Sdk): The typed .NET / C# SDK (`dotnet add package iLoveVideoEditor.Sdk`).
- [CLI source](https://github.com/ilovevideoeditor/cli): MIT-licensed CLI source, release binaries, and packaging files.

## Guides

- [Developer documentation](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/docs): Canonical VideoJSON, API, and template documentation hub.
- [Getting started](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/guides/getting-started): First render and the shortest path to a valid request.
- [Language guides](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/guides/languages): Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, .NET, and cURL examples.
- [Integration guides](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/guides/integrations): Webhooks, automation platforms, and production workflows.
- [VideoJSON concepts](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/guides/videojson): Scenes, layers, timing, validation, and cost.
- [Effects reference](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/effects): GLSL effects and parameters.
- [Transitions reference](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/transitions): Layer transition presets.
- [Animations reference](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/animations): Animation presets and timing.
- [Templates catalog](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/templates): Variable-driven composition templates.

## API reference

- [VideoJSON validator](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/playground/videojson-validator): Validate a payload before submitting a render.
- [JSON to MP4 playground](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/playground/json-to-mp4): Try the render contract interactively.
- [Render cost estimator](https://ilovevideoeditor.dev/playground/render-cost-estimator): Estimate credits before rendering.

## Agent integrations

- [OpenAPI spec](https://api.ilovevideoeditor.com/openapi.json): Public API spec for building video rendering integrations.
- [apis.json](https://ilovevideoeditor.com/apis.json): Machine-readable APIs.json index of specs, docs, changelog, and support links.
- [ai-plugin.json](https://ilovevideoeditor.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json): ChatGPT plugin / agent manifest.
- [mcp.json](https://ilovevideoeditor.com/.well-known/mcp.json): Model Context Protocol server discovery for AI agents.