oxframe vs Remotion

Pick oxframe when an AI agent writes the video, it renders in CI, and you want MIT/Apache with no seats, per-render fees or telemetry. Pick Remotion when your team lives in React, wants HTML and CSS in the frame, or renders on Lambda at scale.

At a glance

One scene in both

The scene from the Remotion migration guide: a title that springs in and a counter that runs from 0 to 100 %. Four seconds at 1080p and 30 fps.

import {AbsoluteFill, Sequence, interpolate, spring, useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig} from 'remotion';

// <Composition id="Hello" component={Hello} durationInFrames={120} fps={30} width={1920} height={1080} />
export const Hello: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const {fps} = useVideoConfig();
  const rise = spring({frame, fps});
  const opacity = interpolate(frame, [0, 20], [0, 1], {extrapolateRight: 'clamp'});
  const percent = interpolate(frame, [30, 90], [0, 100], {
    extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
    extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
  });
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{backgroundColor: '#141414', color: 'white', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center'}}>
      <h1 style={{fontSize: 96, opacity, transform: `translateY(${(1 - rise) * 60}px)`}}>Release 2.0</h1>
      <Sequence from={30} layout="none">
        <p style={{fontSize: 40}}>{Math.round(percent)}% faster builds</p>
      </Sequence>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

use oxframe::prelude::*;

#[oxframe::scene]
pub async fn hello(view: View) {
    let title = view.add(Txt::new().text("Release 2.0").h1().opacity(0.0).y(-20.0));
    // Runs alongside the rest of the scene, like an element that is already mounted.
    spawn(async move {
        all((
            title.opacity().to(1.0, 0.66),
            title.y().to(-80.0, 0.8).ease(presets::OUT_BACK),
        ))
        .await;
    });
    wait_for(1.0).await; // <Sequence from={30}> at 30 fps

    let percent = Signal::new(0.0);
    let line = view.add(Txt::new().body().y(40.0));
    line.text().bind({
        let percent = percent.clone();
        move || format!("{:.0}% faster builds", percent.get())
    });
    percent.to(100.0, 2.0).await;
    wait_for(1.0).await;
}

pub fn project() -> Project {
    Project::new("hello").size(1920, 1080).fps(30).scene(hello())
}

Render time

Each time is the whole render command, start to file. oxframe's scene is already compiled; after a one-line edit, cargo build adds about 0.6 s. On a scene this short the GPU spends more time starting than drawing, so the CPU renderer wins. The script is bench/vs/measure.sh: run it to time both on your machine.

The license, as of Remotion 4 and 5

What the difference means for an agent

When to pick Remotion

• Your team already writes React and wants components, CSS and HTML in the frame.
• You need Lottie, web fonts from CSS, or anything a browser can draw.
• You render at scale on Lambda or Cloud Run and want a mature toolkit for it.
• You fit the free license: an individual, a non-profit or a company of up to three people.

When to pick oxframe

• An AI agent writes the scenes and should check its own frames before you look.
• Renders run in CI or on a laptop without a browser, a seat count or a render meter.
• One scene should give 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 without three compositions.
• You want byte-identical renders: the same code gives the same file.

Moving from Remotion

The Remotion migration guide maps useCurrentFrame, interpolate, spring and Sequence to oxframe and ports the scene above line by line. The remotion-to-oxframe skill does the same for an agent.

FAQ

Is oxframe free for companies?

Yes. oxframe is MIT or Apache-2.0: any company of any size can use it, ship it and render with it, with no seats, no per-render fee and no account.

Do I need Remotion for Automators to render in CI?

With Remotion, a company above three people needs a company license, and Automators is the per-render option ($0.01 a render, $100 a month minimum). With oxframe, a CI render costs only the runner time.

Does oxframe use a browser to render?

No. oxframe draws frames with its own renderer on the CPU or the GPU and pipes them to ffmpeg. The browser playground compiles the same scene to WebAssembly, but rendering a video needs no browser.

Can I use React components in oxframe?

No. oxframe scenes are Rust. Components such as TitleCard, BulletList, CodeExplainer and LowerThird cover the common parts of explainer and release videos, and you can write your own nodes.

Is oxframe faster than Remotion?

On the scene above, on one laptop, yes; the times and the script are on this page. Remotion bundles the project and starts Chrome on every render, which a short video feels most. Run bench/vs/measure.sh to time it on your machine.

Can an agent move a Remotion project to oxframe?

Yes, scene by scene. The remotion-to-oxframe skill and the migration guide map the Remotion API to oxframe; things a browser draws, such as arbitrary HTML and CSS or Lottie, do not carry over.

Sources

Checked on October 22, 2026. Found something out of date? Open an issue on oxframe-web.

• Remotion pricing
• Remotion license FAQ
• Remotion terms (v5.0)
• Remotion on GitHub
• oxframe license and what leaves your machine
• oxframe-sdk on GitHub

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