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HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app

An open-source AI tool that provides a text-to-video pipeline for turning novels and scripts into animated short dramas, organizing the workflow on an infinite canvas. It requires external AI service interfaces for large language models, video, and image generation to function.

Project overview

Project type: AI Agent · Workflow · Video
Use cases: Documents & Office · Video Creation
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: Apache-2.0

Best for

Creators needing a low-cost, structured pipeline to convert original text, novels, and scripts into animated short dramas.
Users who require cross-platform desktop applications for efficient content creation with web GUI interaction.

Key capabilities

Organizes scripts, characters, storyboards, assets, and video nodes in an infinite canvas for free arrangement, backtracking, and parallel production.
A three-layer agent system (decision, execution, supervision) handles task decomposition, content generation, quality review, and revision feedback.
A local ONNX vector retrieval-based cross-session memory system supporting short-term messages, long-term summaries, and semantic recall.
Allows users to write provider TypeScript logic directly in the settings center without changing source code or restarting.
Automatically extracts and structures events from original chapter texts to precisely call context during script adaptation.
Externalizes core prompts for ScriptAgent and ProductionAgent into Markdown Skill files for online editing and tuning.
Provides a cross-platform desktop app for efficient content creation.

Limitations and risks

Requires external AI service interfaces, including a large language model, a Sora or Doubao video service, and a Nano Banana Pro image generation model service to function.
Video generation incurs costs on external paid AI services, with a demo costing about 130 RMB.
Core functionality depends on external paid AI services.

Getting started

Download and install the application, start it and login, configure external model provider settings, and finally import original text and run agents. The difficulty is rated as easy due to pre-built installer binaries and one-command Docker Compose setup.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: Toonflow 是开源一站式 AI 短剧创作工具，将小说、剧本快速转化为动画短剧。集成 AI 编剧、智能分镜、角色与视频生成，跨平台桌面端轻量部署，助力创作者低成本批量产出视觉内容。Toonflow is an open-source AI tool that turns stories and scripts into animated short d…
Release: ToonFlow v1.1.8
README: Toonflow 是面向短剧生产的 AI 工作台，围绕“策划 → 编剧 → 分镜 → 出片”构建完整闭环，并支持本地化、可编程、可持续迭代的生产流程。
README: 在设置中心完成模型供应商配置（文本/图像/视频模型）。
README: | 语言模型 | 约 ¥10 | | 视频模型（全量生成） | 约 ¥120 | | 图片模型 | 不足 ¥1 | | **合计** | **约 ¥130** |

Reviewed at: 2026-07-18T02:06:21Z