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MoneyPrinter automates the creation of YouTube Shorts: you give it a topic and it generates the script, voice, and final video using MoviePy, with everything powered by local Ollama models.
MoneyPrinter automates the creation of YouTube Shorts: you give it a topic and it generates the script, voice, and final video using MoviePy, with everything powered by local Ollama models.Is this a CLI script or a full app?It is a self-hosted service made of an API, a background worker, and a Postgres-backed generation queue, all run via Docker, with a UI where you pick your Ollama model.
It is a self-hosted service made of an API, a background worker, and a Postgres-backed generation queue, all run via Docker, with a UI where you pick your Ollama model.How do I get it running?Docs are centralized in a docs/ folder covering an interactive setup script, a Quickstart, Docker, and Configuration guides to stand up the stack.
Docs are centralized in a docs/ folder covering an interactive setup script, a Quickstart, Docker, and Configuration guides to stand up the stack.Do I need Ollama, ImageMagick, or a TikTok account first?You need Ollama running locally with a model pulled since script and metadata generation is fully Ollama-based, plus ImageMagick on your PATH and a TikTok sessionid cookie for the voice features.
You need Ollama running locally with a model pulled since script and metadata generation is fully Ollama-based, plus ImageMagick on your PATH and a TikTok sessionid cookie for the voice features.Any install pitfalls I should know about?ImageMagick auto-detection on Linux, macOS, or Windows can fail and need a manual path in .env, and the playsound package can fail to build its wheel on some setups.
ImageMagick auto-detection on Linux, macOS, or Windows can fail and need a manual path in .env, and the playsound package can fail to build its wheel on some setups.Does any of my content get sent to a third-party AI provider?No, it's fully Ollama-based so script and metadata generation run on your own local model instead of a cloud service like ChatGPT.
No, it's fully Ollama-based so script and metadata generation run on your own local model instead of a cloud service like ChatGPT.What is the TikTok session ID used for?It authenticates requests needed for the TikTok-based text-to-speech voice generation; you get it by copying the sessionid cookie from your logged-in TikTok browser session.
It authenticates requests needed for the TikTok-based text-to-speech voice generation; you get it by copying the sessionid cookie from your logged-in TikTok browser session.Can I use OpenAI or another LLM instead of Ollama?No, the project is fully Ollama-based with no alternative provider option described in the docs.
No, the project is fully Ollama-based with no alternative provider option described in the docs.What are similar projects?autoclip, sim, NarratoAI, youtube-automation-agent, MoneyPrinterTurbo, huobao-drama, mike, printfilm
autoclip, sim, NarratoAI, youtube-automation-agent, MoneyPrinterTurbo, huobao-drama, mike, printfilmWhich topics is it in?youtube, content-creation, video-generation, chatgpt, local-llm, ollama, postgresql, docker-compose, web-app, automation, server, llm
youtube, content-creation, video-generation, chatgpt, local-llm, ollama, postgresql, docker-compose, web-app, automation, server, llm