The name
The first machine that let editors see film.
In 1924, the Moviola became the first device that let a film editor watch footage while cutting it — before that, you cut blind and hoped. Every editing tool since is downstream of that one idea: see the frame, then decide.
A century later, generative models are the new footage — endless, cheap, and scattered across a dozen providers with a dozen APIs. This Moviola does the same job the original did: it puts all of it on one light table, so you can see, cut and keep.
Moviola was previously called Vidius — same repo, sharper idea.
Principles
What Moviola refuses to be.
Never a wrapper
If the interface shows you a provider name or a raw API parameter, we consider that a bug. You choose looks and intent; routing is our job.
Local first
Your takes, references, storyboards and characters live in your browser's own database. Refresh, go offline, come back — the reel is still there.
Data over code
Models and presets are catalog entries, not source code. New camera moves and new models ship without touching the core.
Honest limits
Identity lock works best front-facing, and the UI says so. We would rather under-promise than gaslight you about a model's blind spots.
Open, in the practical sense.
Self-hostable, provider-agnostic, and built to be forked. Read the source, run it on your own metal, add your own studio room.
