Release Notes

Changelog for Agnes Video Generator: new features, improvements and bug fixes for every release.

6.0.0MajorLatestReleased on August 17, 2026

Manual Mode pauses your pipeline at the checkpoints you choose, so you can confirm, modify, or regenerate each intermedi

5.7.4PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

Blank page after v5.7.3 upgrade fixed — during the merge of the analytics changes into master, git auto-merge treated th

5.7.3PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

Mode-level analytics for generated videos — the task_completed and task_failed GA4 events now include the mode parameter

5.7.2PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

Intermediate artifacts restored in the progress panel — after the v5.7.0 frontend re-architecture, intermediate artifact

5.7.1PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

npm publish step fails with printf: --: invalid option — the release workflow's "Prepare npm README" step used printf '-

5.7.0MinorReleased on August 13, 2026

Multi-API-Key rotation & throughput boost — configure multiple Agnes API keys (env + config, auto-dedup); requests rotat

5.6.1PatchReleased on August 12, 2026

Light/dark dual mode — the Midnight design system now supports both light and dark themes with a one-click toggle.

5.6.0MinorReleased on August 11, 2026

Midnight design system — complete frontend redesign with an atmospheric dark theme, refined typography, spacing and visu

5.5.0MinorReleased on August 10, 2026

Referral links in the UI and scripts now point to the current official-site paths (deprecated slugs removed).

5.4.0MinorReleased on August 7, 2026

22-language UI — language support extended to 22 languages, aligned with the official site.

5.3.1PatchReleased on August 7, 2026

Prompt examples in task forms — each task-type form (Simple / Creative / Manuscript / Anchor) shows a guide link to prom

5.3.0MinorReleased on August 6, 2026

web/ routing layer — server.py is split into a modular route layer (web/routes/), improving structure and testability.

5.2.1PatchReleased on August 3, 2026

Optional GA4 analytics — track user operations and error reporting; a setup script auto-configures custom dimensions and

5.2.0MinorReleased on July 28, 2026

Agnes domain config (com/cn) — configure the Agnes API base domain; switching to the .cn domain now works without the pr

5.1.7PatchReleased on July 27, 2026

imageio-ffmpeg dependency explicitly declared; npm README documents ffmpeg setup.

5.1.6PatchReleased on July 27, 2026

imageio-ffmpeg is now an explicit dependency, and the npm README documents ffmpeg setup so video concatenation works aft

5.1.5PatchReleased on July 25, 2026

Quick Start on Docker / npm pages — Docker Hub overview and npm README both lead with a Quick Start (pull / run / npx fr

5.1.4PatchReleased on July 25, 2026

Docker Hub overview update now respects the 100-byte short-description limit, so the page title and description publish

5.1.3PatchReleased on July 25, 2026

Registry page titles (GHCR / Docker Hub) renamed to Free Short Video for consistent product branding.

5.1.2PatchReleased on July 25, 2026

Release workflow: npm publish is now guarded inside the step with a shell check; missing NPM_TOKEN skips only the npm pu

5.1.1PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

Release workflow: npm version is synced via npm pkg set (no git commit on detached HEAD), keeping npx free-short-video v

5.1.0MinorReleased on July 25, 2026

Word-level subtitle timeline (v2.0) — subtitles are aligned to edge_tts word-level cues, the exact source of truth; the

5.0.1PatchReleased on July 23, 2026

Subtitles in all languages are now capped at two lines for consistent rendering.

5.0.0MajorReleased on July 22, 2026

Model selector — choose text / image / video models directly in the UI; the new agnes-2.5-flash model shows an in-testin

4.7.8PatchReleased on July 22, 2026

Docker Hub page shows a concise description and a full README-based overview, refreshed automatically on each release.

4.7.7PatchReleased on July 22, 2026

Docker Hub overview update now respects the 100-byte short-description API limit, so the description and README publish

4.7.6PatchReleased on July 22, 2026

GHCR pull path corrected to ghcr.io/lcy362/free-short-video:<version>; the invalid orphan-cleanup step is removed.

4.7.5PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

Release workflow: orphan-cleanup step no longer references secrets in an if condition, keeping the multi-arch image publ

4.7.4PatchReleased on August 13, 2026

GHCR images are now pushed with the GITHUB_TOKEN, linking the package to this repository and enabling the multi-arch pul

4.7.3PatchReleased on July 22, 2026

Docker data persistence — the image now declares VOLUME for /app/.working_dir and /app/.agnes_config; one-command launch

4.7.2PatchReleased on July 22, 2026

Release notes now show both GHCR and Docker Hub pull commands; the GHCR tag format is corrected to drop the v prefix (e.

4.7.1PatchReleased on July 21, 2026

Docker builds now default to the official PyPI source; builds inside mainland China can opt into a local mirror via a bu

4.7.0MinorReleased on July 15, 2026

Resource navigation bar — quick-access links (Demo, Home, Guides, FAQ, GitHub) below the header.

4.6.0MinorReleased on July 12, 2026

Poetry Video task type — new POST /api/tasks/poetry: the LLM splits a poem into scenes (original line | visual descript

4.5.0MinorReleased on July 7, 2026

Intermediate-artifacts viewer — the task detail panel shows every step's intermediate outputs (prompts / images / videos

4.0.0MajorReleased on August 13, 2026

6 new UI languages — German (Deutsch), French (Français), Dutch (Nederlands), Spanish (Español), Portuguese (Português)

3.5.0MinorReleased on June 30, 2026

Video watermark — automatic watermark overlay on generated videos, with language detection and a UI toggle.

3.4.0MinorReleased on June 30, 2026

Structured scene configuration — replace the free-text user_requirement with explicit parameters: duration_source (manua

3.3.0MinorReleased on June 24, 2026

Bilingual screenwriter — all 14 screenwriter meta-prompts support Chinese/English switching.

3.2.0MinorReleased on June 23, 2026

Multi-workspace management — add, switch, and manage multiple working directories from the Web UI; each workspace keeps

3.1.0MinorReleased on June 22, 2026

Multi-task concurrency control — a weighted semaphore lets multiple tasks run concurrently with automatic queueing; new

3.0.0MajorReleased on June 21, 2026

Subtitle & narrator independent control — SubtitleConfig elevated to a peer of AudioConfig, each with its own enabled to

2.2MinorReleased on June 19, 2026

i2i end frame pipeline — image model unified to agnes-image-2.1-flash; i2i array API; character reference images normali

2.1MinorReleased on June 16, 2026

API Key clear/reset — cleanly clear a key in the Web UI instead of only overwriting it.

2.0MajorReleased on June 16, 2026

Three task types with shared foundations — Simple Video (single prompt → single video via Agnes Video API, t2v/i2v/ti2vi

1.0MajorReleased on August 13, 2026

Web UI — one-click launch, operate entirely in the browser, no command line needed.

About Agnes Video Generator

A completely free, open-source AI video generator: turn text into multi-scene AI videos with narration and subtitles.

  • Free and open source — no payment, no high-end GPU required
  • Text-to-video, image-to-video, digital anchor and image generation
  • Powered by free Agnes AI models, rendered entirely in the cloud
  • Runs via Web UI, Docker or npm, and supports self-hosting

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Independent developer and author of Agnes Video Generator, an open-source (MIT) AI video generation tool built on Agnes AI's free video models. Has helped 1,000+ creators produce AI videos at zero cost. Focused on making video generation models accessible and production-ready; content is based on hands-on practice and primary research.

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