Roman
Roman (the individual behind the GitHub account @bazodev) develops OpenVids, a free, open-source, agent-first desktop video editor for macOS and Windows. The project lets creators describe a video in chat while AI agents build chapters, edit the timeline, add motion and sound, research licensed assets, render, and review the result locally.
At a Glance
- Independent video creators and filmmakers
- Developers and technical users who prefer local, inspectable project files
- Creators making product demos, explainers, trailers, and social content
- Teams needing repeatable design systems, provenance, and licensed-source tracking
AI Tools by Roman
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OpenVids
Open Source AI Video Editor
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Latest News
OpenVids 0.5.4 fixed Windows agent-chat startup by restoring three files omitted from the installer.
OpenVids 0.5.3 enabled full context windows for agents, including provider-specific larger context limits.
OpenVids 0.5.2 improved agent-chat reliability, retries, long-chat handling, memory use, and model availability.
OpenVids 0.5.1 stable release added project tabs, cross-project # mentions, design systems, and voiceover.
Products & Services
Free, open-source desktop video editor for macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon and Windows 10+ on x64. It runs editing, analysis, and rendering locally in a folder of plain project files, with AI agents connected to the user's chosen model providers.
Apache-2.0-licensed source distribution at github.com/bazodev/open-vids, buildable from source with Bun, Rust, Node.js, FFmpeg, and Chrome; it includes the desktop shell, local Studio server, render pipeline, agent runtime, editor UI, and SDK/core packages.
Market Position
OpenVids positions itself as a local-first, open-source alternative to cloud video editors, AI video generators, and template tools: agents edit an actual timeline and every change remains reviewable and hand-takeover-able. Its differentiators are the Story Graph, local media analysis/rendering, provenance-aware research and licensing, Render QA, and the absence of an OpenVids cloud backend.
Leadership
Founders
Roman
Independent developer using the GitHub identity @bazodev; his public GitHub profile lists Germany, openvids.ai, and X @bazodev. Product Hunt identifies Roman as the maker of OpenVids.
Executive Team
Roman
Creator and developer of OpenVids
Publicly identified through the @bazodev GitHub account and OpenVids footer; maintains the open-vids repository and publishes the desktop releases.
Business Model
Revenue Model
OpenVids is distributed as a free, open-source desktop application with no OpenVids account or cloud editing backend. Users connect and pay for their own model/TTS provider usage where applicable; the app itself does not ship a shared API key.
Pricing Tiers
Desktop downloads and source are provided through GitHub; AI-provider and voice-generation charges, when applicable, are paid by the user to the provider connected in Settings.
Target Markets
- Independent video creators and filmmakers
- Developers and technical users who prefer local, inspectable project files
- Creators making product demos, explainers, trailers, and social content
- Teams needing repeatable design systems, provenance, and licensed-source tracking
- AI-assisted editing of narrative or chapter-based films and trailers.
- Long-form recording analysis and rough cuts using transcripts, shots, speakers, pauses, and retakes.
- Product demos, explainers, social videos, and other creator workflows needing captions, motion graphics, voiceover, and sound.
- Research-driven video production using open-licensed b-roll and auditable credits.
- Local/private editing for creators and developers who want project files they can inspect and edit by hand.
- Teams or individuals who want a full manual editor but can optionally delegate timeline work to agents.