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moviepy
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Video editing with Python
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Zulko/moviepy is an open-source project by Zulko: Video editing with Python. Indexed here so it can be found — not resold.
It is free. Get it from the upstream repository: https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy
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MoviePy
> MoviePy recently upgraded to v2.0, introducing major breaking changes. You can consult the last v1 docs here but beware that v1 is no longer maintained. For more info on how to update your code from v1 to v2, see this guide.
MoviePy (online documentation here) is a Python library for video editing: cuts, concatenations, title insertions, video compositing (a.k.a. non-linear editing), video processing, and creation of custom effects.
MoviePy can read and write all the most common audio and video formats, including GIF, and runs on Windows/Mac/Linux, with Python 3.9+.
Example
In this example we open a video file, select the subclip between 10 and 20 seconds, add a title at the center of the screen, and write the result to a new file:
How MoviePy works
Under the hood, MoviePy imports media (video frames, images, sounds) and converts them into Python objects (numpy arrays) so that every pixel becomes accessible, and video or audio effects can be defined in just a few lines of code (see the built-in effects for examples).
The library also provides ways to mix clips together (concatenations, playing clips side by side or on top of each other with transparency, etc.). The final clip is then encoded back into mp4/webm/gif/etc.
This makes MoviePy very flexible and approachable, albeit slower than using ffmpeg directly due to heavier data import/export operations.
Installation
Intall moviepy with pip install moviepy. For additional installation options, such as a custom FFMPEG or for previewing, see this section. For development, clone that repo locally and install with pip install -e .
Documentation
The online documentation (here) is automatically built at every push to the master branch. To build the documentation locally, install the extra…
Preview
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01Capabilities
Does
- + Video timeline editing
- + Media processing
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02Requirements & stack
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Credentials needed
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05Versions
Full history →| Version | Channel | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.0 | stable | Aug 3, 2026 | Indexed listing — see the upstream repository for real release history. |