Installation

Install vs, configure keys, and verify your environment.

You need Node 24+ and ffmpeg (brew install ffmpeg on macOS).

Install


git clone https://github.com/mblode/video-studio.git
cd video-studio
npm install
npm link

npm install builds the CLI and installs git hooks. After npm link, vs is on your PATH.


cp .env.example .env

Paste your keys into .env. Keys are read from the environment only — never written to manifests or logs.

Install vs, configure keys, and verify your environment.

You need Node 24+ and ffmpeg (brew install ffmpeg on macOS).


git clone https://github.com/mblode/video-studio.git
cd video-studio
npm install
npm link

npm install builds the CLI and installs git hooks. After npm link, vs is on your PATH.


cp .env.example .env

Paste your keys into .env. Keys are read from the environment only — never written to manifests or logs.

Variable	Required for
`ARK_API_KEY`	Seedance video and Seedream stills (BytePlus console)
`MINIMAX_API_KEY`	Films whose `film.model` is MiniMax-H3
`GEMINI_API_KEY`	Nano Banana stills and `vs score` (Lyria)
`ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` + `ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID`	`vs narrate`