kimo / install · v6.0.0 · take 01

TC 00:00:00·MIT · Rust · MCP

Two minutes. First frame.

Pick your machine and your agent. We write every command for you.

begin

01 machinewindows · 03 agentclaude code · 02 engineffmpeg ready

~15 MB binary · cpu only · stdio

01 your machine

Pick your machine.

One ~15 MB CPU-only Rust binary, kimo-mcp, that runs over stdio.

Run the installer to place kimo-mcp.exe on your machine.

download windows installer ↓

note on Windows SmartScreen: the installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows a warning: click “More info” then “Run anyway”.

Download the archive or run the commands below.

download linux tar.gz ↓

extract & install to ~/.local/bin

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/kimo ~/.local/bin
curl -fsSL https://github.com/naman-sharma12345/kimo/releases/download/v6.0.0/kimo-v6.0.0-linux-x86_64-glibc.tar.gz | tar -xz -C ~/.local/share/kimo --strip-components=1
ln -sf ~/.local/share/kimo/bin/kimo-mcp ~/.local/bin/kimo-mcp

No prebuilt binary yet — install Rust with rustup, then build from source.

quick-start guide ↗︎

1. install rust with rustup

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

2. build release binary (target/release/kimo-mcp)

git clone https://github.com/naman-sharma12345/kimo.git && cd kimo && cargo build --release

02 ffmpeg

Put FFmpeg on PATH.

kimo needs ffmpeg and ffprobe on PATH. Run the one-line install for your OS, then verify.

install ffmpeg

winget install Gyan.FFmpeg

verify

ffmpeg -version && ffprobe -version

03 your agent

Point your MCP client.

Pick your agent and confirm the absolute path to kimo-mcp.

where is kimo-mcp?

setup method

--scope

user = all your projects

Claude Code · claude mcp add (--scope user)

verify kimo is connected

claude mcp list

and inside a Claude Code session type /mcp to see kimo connected.

04 first render

Say this to your agent.

No timeline to drag. Just direction. Pick a prompt below to watch the MCP tool calls resolve into a rendered frame.

claude code

“use kimo to import /path/to/clip.mp4, add a title that says hello, and render a frame so I can see it”

import_media(src: "/path/to/clip.mp4", track: 1)00:00:00:08
add_title(text: "hello", font: "Inter", weight: 600)00:00:00:19
keyframe(opacity: 0 → 1, ease: "cubic-out")00:00:01:07
render_frame(at: "00:02.00", out: "frame.png")00:00:02:00

→ frame.png · film.kimo.json

Now say the cut.

watch films made with kimo → star on GitHub →

05 if something breaks