Diffusion Studio by Diffusion Studio Inc.

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Open-source video editor that coding agents can drive through MCP and a CLI to cut, animate, caption, generate and render video.

Video assembly and rendering Open source

Is Diffusion Studio free for commercial use? Yes, within the free tier →

Website License Pricing

Price

Free tier

paid from $20 a month

Commercial use

Yes

MPL 2.0 for the software; you own generated outputs to the extent legally possible (Terms)

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Official MCP server

no key needed

Diffusion Studio popularity

Gid Score

21 /100

same scale as developer tools

GitHub stars

3,378

313 forks · diffusionstudio/editor

Downloads

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PyPI, last 7 days, None

Downloads from the package registry, stars and forks from GitHub, checked Oct 22, 2026. How the Gid Score is calculated.

Rules for your agent

- Diffusion Studio (Video assembly and rendering). Open-source video editor that coding agents can drive through MCP and a CLI to cut, animate, caption, generate and render video. Price: free tier; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: download from https://diffusion.studio (no API).
  Rule: Keep the MPL 2.0 license notices on any Diffusion Studio source files you modify or redistribute.
  Rule: Expect AI actions (generation, transcription, footage analysis) to use credits; editing and exporting do not.
  Rule: Check the underlying AI model providers' terms before relying on generated outputs commercially.
  Rule: Do not use the Service to extract training data from the underlying models.
  License: https://diffusion.studio/legal/terms-and-conditions (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/diffusion-studio/)

Paste it into your prompt or AGENTS.md. It is built from the license and API terms below.

License

License	MPL 2.0 for the software; you own generated outputs to the extent legally possible (Terms)
Commercial use	Commercial use OK “You can use Diffusion Studio for commercial work on every plan, including Free.” diffusion.studio/pricing
Credit	No credit needed “You can export unlimited videos up to 4K with no watermark on any plan.” diffusion.studio/pricing
Inside your app or game	Can ship inside your app “The open-source license applies to the software, not the videos you create with it.” diffusion.studio/pricing
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Not stated
Rules	Keep the MPL 2.0 license notices on any Diffusion Studio source files you modify or redistribute. Expect AI actions (generation, transcription, footage analysis) to use credits; editing and exporting do not. Check the underlying AI model providers' terms before relying on generated outputs commercially. Do not use the Service to extract training data from the underlying models.

Connect it to an agent

MCP server	Official
API	Yes
GitHub	diffusionstudio/editor

Pricing

Free	Editor, agent workflows and unlimited exports up to 4K are free; Free plan includes 50 AI credits (one time)
Paid from	$20 a month
Usage price	AI credits per action; amount depends on model, configuration and media duration
Good to know	Added automatically: 3,367 GitHub stars. License read from the official pages.

Sources

Read on Oct 21, 2026: diffusion.studio, diffusion.studio/legal/terms-and-conditions, diffusion.studio/legal/privacy-policy, diffusion.studio/pricing, github.com/diffusionstudio/editor/blob/HEAD/LICENSE, github.com/diffusionstudio/editor.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

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