u/matrix0110 — reddlx

Shumai: AI-native, open-source Frame.io alternative

Been working on this open-source project for the past few months and figured I'd share it here.

GitHub: https://github.com/shumaiOne/shumai

So, what is Shumai? Shumai is an open-source(MIT), self-hosted alternative to Frame.io. You can upload assets, review them in the browser, leave comments on specific video frames or areas of an image, and share them with your team. You can also easily create share links and add watermarks to shared assets.

But Shumai goes beyond being a Frame.io alternative.

With modern models like GPT-Image-2 and Seedance 2.5, AI can already handle a surprising amount of creative work. You can create or edit images and videos with a simple prompt, without constantly jumping between Photoshop, Premiere, Houdini, and other tools. That’s why Shumai also includes a powerful agent system.

Why did I build Shumai and open-source it?

AI is getting really good at coding. Customizing a high-quality open-source project is becoming much easier. A small creative studio without professional software engineers can ask an AI agent to customize Shumai for their own workflow. With a clear architecture, solid tests, and a detailed AGENTS.md, I want this to be feasible even if you’re not a programmer.

To me, this is also one of the biggest advantages over Frame.io(and, honestly, over many vibe-coded frameio open-source alternatives): Shumai is designed to be easy for AI coding agents to understand, customize, and extend with confidence.

There’s no SaaS version of Shumai. It’s purely self-hosted and open-source, which also means I don’t have to worry about multi-tenancy or payment systems. I can just focus on making the core product as polished as possible.

Read-only demo: https://staging.shumai.one

u/matrix0110 — 17 hours ago

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Shumai: AI-native, open-source Frame.io alternative for creative work

Hi everyone, for the past few months, I've been building Shumai, an open-source alternative to Frame.io.

I’ve always liked the product design of Frame io, and I wanted to build an alternative that feels just as polished, while being open source and easy to self host.

Shumai is not just another open-source cloud drive or S3 web UI. It is a collaboration platform built for creative teams: enabling seamless collaboration between team members and AI Agents. User can attach feedback directly to specific areas of an image or specific frames in a video, making reviews more precise and efficient. Shumai also supports:

Team member management
Share links and access control
Custom asset metadata
AI Agent integration

Shumai goes beyond being a Frame io alternative. Traditional creative workflows often require switching between different tools like Photoshop, Premiere, and other editing software. However, with the development of AI models such as GPT-image-2 and Seedance 2.5, many creative tasks may eventually become as simple as giving a text prompt and can be done directly in same platform.

For example:

"Change the style of this character"

"Create another version based on these references"

"Analyze this video and suggest improvements"

As AI models become better at understanding images and videos, Agents can become more like team members: understanding project context, answering questions, and providing suggestions.

I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. And if you like the project, a GitHub star would mean a lot!

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u/matrix0110 — 20 days ago

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I Open-Sourced My AI-native Creative Collaboration Platform

Hi everyone,

After months of development, I decided to open-source Shumai under the MIT License.

Shumai is an open-source alternative to tools like Frame io, built for creative teams to manage, review, and collaborate on media assets. It combines asset management, frame-accurate feedback, sharing, and AI agents that can help with creative workflows.

The idea behind Shumai is to make creative collaboration more seamless by bringing files, discussions, and AI assistance together in one place instead of relying on multiple disconnected tools.

It's still an early project, and there are definitely many things that can be improved. I'd love to hear feedback from the community — whether it's about the architecture, UX, AI agent experience, roadmap, or features that would make it more useful.

If you check it out, I'd really appreciate any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas.

GitHub: https://github.com/shumaiOne/shumai

Thanks for reading!

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u/matrix0110 — 21 days ago

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Shumai: Open source alternative to Frame.io

Github: https://github.com/shumaiOne/shumai

Shumai is an open source platform for uploading creative files, managing projects, collecting precise feedback, sharing work, and collaborating with AI agents, all in one simple creative-first workspace.

I’ve always liked the product design of Frame io, and I wanted to build an alternative that feels just as polished, while being open source and easy to self host.

You can deploy Shumai with docker compose in just a few minutes. It can also be installed from npm, though you'll need to provide your own PostgreSQL instance with the pgvector extension installed.

For larger deployments, Shumai supports distributed processing via Temporal, allowing resource intensive tasks such as transcoding to be scaled independently.

Feel free to try and share any feedback.

Demo: https://staging.shumai.one

u/matrix0110 — 27 days ago