Remotion, HyperFrames and vos, compared

Three ways to make video with code. Two make a file; one keeps the video at a link with every version.

Updated October 2026

Remotion is the mature incumbent, built on React. HyperFrames, backed by HeyGen, is the fast-moving agent-first entrant, built on HTML. vos is the youngest of the three, built on a JSON config whose content is data, and it is the engine under vosso. Every row below was checked on the date above; each tool links to its own source.

Side by side

Remotion vs HyperFrames vs vos, October 2026
	Remotion	HyperFrames	vos
Authoring	React components (JSX)	HTML, CSS and JavaScript with timing attributes	A JSON config; content in data, motion in the program
Where it renders	Server with a headless browser; the browser with @remotion/web-renderer	Headless Chrome capture, encoded with FFmpeg	One compiled artifact: browser preview, browser export, server render
Sharing a finished video	A file you host yourself	publish: an import page someone signs in to claim, no player	A watch page on vos.so that plays, unlisted or public
Changing it later	Change the code and render again	Edit the composition and publish again	Drag a control, or an agent pushes the next version
History	Your repository	Publishing again updates the page in place	Every version kept, with who pushed it
Editing by hand	Code, with a preview player	A desktop studio	A browser studio
License	Source-available; company license past 3 people	Apache 2.0	MIT
Ecosystem	Mature: templates, docs, community	Fast-moving: block registry, skills, hosted MCP	Young; small community

Authoring

Remotion: React components (JSX)
HyperFrames: HTML, CSS and JavaScript with timing attributes
vos: A JSON config; content in data, motion in the program

Where it renders

Remotion: Server with a headless browser; the browser with @remotion/web-renderer
HyperFrames: Headless Chrome capture, encoded with FFmpeg
vos: One compiled artifact: browser preview, browser export, server render

Sharing a finished video

Remotion: A file you host yourself
HyperFrames: publish: an import page someone signs in to claim, no player
vos: A watch page on vos.so that plays, unlisted or public

Changing it later

Remotion: Change the code and render again
HyperFrames: Edit the composition and publish again
vos: Drag a control, or an agent pushes the next version

History

Remotion: Your repository
HyperFrames: Publishing again updates the page in place
vos: Every version kept, with who pushed it

Editing by hand

Remotion: Code, with a preview player
HyperFrames: A desktop studio
vos: A browser studio

License

Remotion: Source-available; company license past 3 people
HyperFrames: Apache 2.0
vos: MIT

Ecosystem

Remotion: Mature: templates, docs, community
HyperFrames: Fast-moving: block registry, skills, hosted MCP
vos: Young; small community

When each one is the right choice

Remotion when your team lives in React and wants the safest, best-documented option. HyperFrames when you compose from HTML blocks and render in a pipeline, and want a desktop studio beside it. vos when the video has to stay current after it ships: a link that keeps playing the latest version, controls a person can drag, and a history of who changed what.

The pairwise pages go deeper: vos vs Remotion and vos vs HyperFrames.

Frequently asked questions

Should I use Remotion or HyperFrames?

Use Remotion if your team works in React and wants the most mature ecosystem: components, templates, documentation and a long production record. Use HyperFrames if you or your agent think in HTML and CSS and want a registry of ready-made blocks and a desktop studio. Both leave you with a rendered file.

Where does vos fit between Remotion and HyperFrames?

vos is the third option when the video has to live on after the render. Its content is data, so words and colours are controls, and vos.so hosts it at a link that plays and keeps every version. A Remotion or HyperFrames piece can be ported to vos by an agent and hosted there.

Which of the three render in the browser?

Remotion exports in the browser with @remotion/web-renderer as well as on a server. vos runs one compiled artifact for the browser preview, the browser export and the server render. HyperFrames previews on a dev server and renders by capturing headless Chrome.

Are they open source?

vos is MIT and HyperFrames is Apache 2.0. Remotion is source-available: free for up to three people, with a company license beyond that.

Something else? hello@vos.so