Command line reference
How to use
- You can access the CLI by running
npx remotion
inside a npm project using remotion,yarn remotion
inside a yarn project andpnpm exec remotion
inside a pnpm project. For compactness, in the documentation we always saynpx remotion
. - Inside an npm script, you don't need the
npx
prefix.
Commands
The following commands are available - you can always run them using npx remotion
or even without the npx
prefix if you put the command inside an npm script.
preview
Start the Remotion Preview Server
render
Render video or audio
still
Render a still image
compositions
List available compositions
lambda
Control Remotion Lambda
benchmark
Measure and optimize render time
versions
List and validate Remotion package versions
upgrade
Upgrade to a newer version
help
Show CLI commands
Example command
npx remotion render --codec=vp8 HelloWorld out/video.webm
npx remotion render --codec=vp8 HelloWorld out/video.webm
Fig.io autocompletion
Install Fig (macOS only) to add Remotion autocomplete to your terminal. Type npx remotion
to start get suggestions.