Zerium

A video editor with zero limits.

Concept

• Beginner-friendly features and extensible plugins, like AviUtl
• Rich effects and an intuitive interface for advanced editing
• Advanced scene features that enhance work reusability
• High-speed, real-time rendering using the GPU
• Cross-platform support
• Open source and free forever!

Install

Windows (MSI), macOS (PKG), and Linux (AppImage) downloads are available on GitHub Releases.

Nix

Run Zerium directly from the release branch:

nix run github:1Step621/zerium/release

For NixOS or nix-darwin, add Zerium as a flake input:

{
  inputs.zerium.url = "github:1Step621/zerium/release";
  inputs.zerium.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
}

Sharing your system's nixpkgs keeps the graphics driver and application libraries compatible. Then add it to your system packages:

{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
{
  nix.settings = {
    substituters = [ "https://zerium.cachix.org" ];
    trusted-public-keys = [ "zerium.cachix.org-1:H6/69zhx0y/NO0jKNrqp2TTTVOFPyIyuZNJy/TX5IlU=" ];
  };

  environment.systemPackages = [
    inputs.zerium.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default
  ];
}

Status

Under active development: all features, including the project file format, are subject to breaking changes.

Acknowledgements

• AviUtl
  • A video editor developed by KEN-kun, embraced by countless creators across Japanese internet culture.
  • Huge respect for offering it for free and making it accessible to beginners while remaining powerful enough for advanced editing.
• Adachi Rei
  • A cute synthesized voice character created by missile at Mechanical Girl LLC.
  • The word "Rei" means "zero" in Japanese, which inspired the name "Zerium".

Contributing

Contributions of all kinds are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a PR - AI-generated code is welcome, too.

Use direnv to enter the shared Rust environment:

direnv allow

See the developer documentation for architecture and plugin authoring guides.

Works on my machine