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Self-Hosted AI Workflows
Deploy NodeTool on infrastructure you own. The same open-source app that runs on your laptop starts from one `docker-compose.yml`, so a team can run workflows, models, and data behind its own firewall instead of a SaaS vendor's.
- One Docker Compose file to stand up your own server
- Your database, your storage, your uptime — no vendor lock-in
- AGPL-3.0 open source, so nothing is held back for a paid tier
One canvas.
The whole production.
Script, storyboard, footage, sound, and the cut — on one canvas, with the editing tools sitting right next to the models. You direct the whole piece instead of generating parts of it.
Scripting & casting
Go from prompt to screenplay in seconds. Draft dialogue, cast character voices, and audition alternate line readings with automatic word-level sync.
Any model, local or cloud
Route your shots through Flux, Seedance, Wan, Whisper, ElevenLabs, Suno, and the rest — or run open weights locally on your own hardware. No platform lock-in.
A real timeline, not a black box
Instead of a single unfixable video file, the agent hands you a fully editable multi-track project. Fine-tune every frame, layer, and audio stem.
Edit where you generate
Mask, retouch, extend, relight, upscale, layer, and composite. The tools you reach for live on the same canvas as the models.
From a pitch to a finished cut
Real projects you can open, run, and re-cut. Each one runs from the pitch to the finished piece without leaving the canvas, and every one is built from the blocks you get on day one.
Movie Trailer Generator
Type one logline and get a storyboard back: a card per shot, a still on every card. Approve the ones you like, animate those, and cut the trailer on the timeline.
Documentary Teaser Generator
Describe the film in a sentence and the board comes back readable: a card per shot, a still on every card. Approve the stills, animate them, and cut the teaser on the timeline.
Product Video Generator
Turn a campaign brief and a single product photo into a cinematic 16:9 product video. Your inputs feed a prompt, an agent directs the shot, and a text-to-video model renders it.
Movie Poster Generator
From a title, genre, and audience, the canvas writes a creative strategy and renders a batch of cinematic movie poster concepts, title, tagline, billing block and all.
Frequently asked questions
How do I self-host NodeTool?
Run it with the reference `docker-compose.yml` in the repository, or the `packages/deploy` tooling for more control. It's the same open-source app you'd run on the desktop, pointed at your own storage and database.
Do I still bring my own model keys when self-hosting?
Yes. Self-hosting NodeTool controls where the app and your data live; you still connect your own provider keys, or run local/open-weight models on the host's own hardware.
Why self-host instead of using a SaaS workflow tool?
You own the data, the uptime, and the deployment. There is no per-seat bill, no vendor deciding what changes next, and the same AGPL-3.0 source runs whether it's on your laptop or your server.
Build it on your own machine
Download the open-source studio for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Open the template and direct it yourself, on your own keys.