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MoneyPrinter

Automates Shorts from a topic (MoviePy + Ollama-first) with a restart-safe queue.

About

MoneyPrinter is an open-source, self-hostable short-drama pipeline. Automates Shorts from a topic (MoviePy + Ollama-first) with a restart-safe queue.

Our take — MoneyPrinter for short drama

MoneyPrinter takes the same topic-to-Shorts brief as MoneyPrinterTurbo but with a distinct angle: Ollama-first script generation — fully local LLM, zero API spend — plus a Postgres-backed queue with an API and worker for restart-safe batch runs. Our read for short drama teams: a decent fit for zero-cloud-cost recap-channel farming, if you accept a rougher toolchain than Turbo's.

The rough edges are documented: MoviePy composition with ImageMagick dependencies the README admits can fail auto-detection, TikTok posting via manually extracted session cookies, and — notably — pull requests are currently not accepted, so the community's 13.7k stars cannot easily flow back as fixes. Against MoneyPrinterTurbo's web UI, multi-LLM support and 2026 releases, we would pick Turbo by default and this only when local-LLM-only is a hard requirement.

Best for

Teams that require fully local LLM generation (Ollama) with zero cloud API spend.

Watch out

Pull requests are currently not accepted, and TikTok posting needs manually extracted session cookies.

  • Ollama-first: fully local script generation
  • Restart-safe queue: API, worker, Postgres
  • MIT license, 13.7k stars
  • Docker Compose setup included

Popularity & traffic

GitHub stars ★ 13.7k FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinter
Last commit 2026-03-26 repository activity

Stars and commit dates come from the public GitHub API, updated 2026-07-07.

CategoryOpen Source
PricingFree
Vertical 9:16Yes
Websitegithub.com

How short-drama creators use it

Technical teams self-host these to control cost and customize the script-to-video pipeline end to end.

FAQ

What is MoneyPrinter?

MoneyPrinter is an open-source, self-hostable short-drama pipeline. Automates Shorts from a topic (MoviePy + Ollama-first) with a restart-safe queue.

Is MoneyPrinter free?

Yes, MoneyPrinter is free to use.

Does MoneyPrinter support vertical 9:16?

Yes — MoneyPrinter supports vertical 9:16, which suits short-drama production.

What are the alternatives to MoneyPrinter?

Alternatives include MoneyPrinterTurbo, ComfyUI, ShortGPT, AI Shorts Generator.

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