Meet YouArt Desktop App: AI creative teammate that lives on your computer. Agent-first video production is here. Pull your local files and context from Slack, Gmail and GitHub onto one canvas, and with computer use it operates After Effects, CapCut and Blender directly. From feature launch videos to viral remakes and clips from your long videos, it takes the whole job end to end. Bring your own API keys, and smart routing sends every shot to the cheapest provider.
A little over a year ago, we launched the first version of YouArt right here on Product Hunt. It was one of the first products to let an agent run a creative workflow. Back then, that was hard to imagine: most agents still couldn't reliably orchestrate a node-based system.
A year later, intelligence has leaped forward. Seedance 2.0 is an impressive video model. Opus 5.5 is to video editing and motion graphics, what Sonnet 3.7 was to coding. And Astra's computer use finally connects agents to traditional creative workflows.
But a smart agent in a browser tab can only do so much. Real creative work lives on your computer: your project folders, your After Effects and CapCut files, your client feedback in Slack and Gmail. Web tools make you upload, download and switch apps at every step, and the context gets lost along the way. So we brought the agent to where the work actually happens. On desktop, it can read your local files, work alongside your team's conversations and operate the creative tools you already use.
All of this made us believe that agentic first video production is finally possible. YouArt Desktop is our take on AI-native creative production. We hope you love it.
Open canvas tool looks great, was exploring such options, a few things around it. 1. It shows claude and codex models for me, is it like since those are on my local or are those your defaults and if so which limit are they using, cant see any limit for it. 2. While uploading my assets getting "The image data is too large. Reduce the number of images and try again", even when its single image or set of 5 images. Dont know why so, but its breaking.
i like the idea of making complex creative workflows easier. is there a library of ready made templates?
Having an AI agent handle the workflow setup could save creators so much time. Congrats @edward_maze
Can YouArt help create consistent branding materials for businesses?
Does YouArt allow users to save and reuse their favorite workflows for future projects?
does this cook my macbook if i have it running alongside after effects or is it pretty light on ram?
Interesting to see agents meet traditional creative tools instead of trying to replace them. That's probably the adoption path pros will actually accept.
Running AE and CapCut locally is a huge step up from web-only tools. Being able to jump in and fix the timeline manually before export makes this actually usable for real client work. Congrats on the launch!
The part that caught my eye is the agent actually operating After Effects and Blender directly instead of just generating clips to drop in by hand — that's the piece most AI video tools skip. I'm curious how it treats a timeline that already has a bunch of manual edits in it: does it work around what's there, or does it take over the whole project?
can beginners create professional quality designs without having any experience with workflow editors?
Does YouArt support collaboration when multiple designers are working on the same project?
How well does it handle switching between tools like after effects, capcut and blender during one project?
When I opened the site, I noticed a very pleasing design and user-friendly navigation. However, regarding the left-hand column: when I tried to view the content further down, the background scrolled instead of the column itself—please fix this, and everything will be great.
Congrats on the launch! The part that caught my eye in the demo was the team leaving notes right on the cut. Quick question: when YouArt makes a change in After Effects, can I compare it with the previous version before accepting it?
an agent that actually drives After Effects and Blender for you, wild. congrats Edward!
If this can save even 10% of our monthly ad spend it pays for itself easily
About YouArt Desktop App on Product Hunt
“Codex for creative team”
YouArt Desktop App launched on Product Hunt on November 12th, 2026 and earned 341 upvotes and 59 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Meet YouArt Desktop App: AI creative teammate that lives on your computer. Agent-first video production is here. Pull your local files and context from Slack, Gmail and GitHub onto one canvas, and with computer use it operates After Effects, CapCut and Blender directly. From feature launch videos to viral remakes and clips from your long videos, it takes the whole job end to end. Bring your own API keys, and smart routing sends every shot to the cheapest provider.
YouArt Desktop App was featured in Marketing (470.7k followers), Artificial Intelligence (483.6k followers) and Video (2.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 233k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted YouArt Desktop App?
YouArt Desktop App was hunted by Garry Tan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Garry Tan
We're so excited to bring you YouArt Desktop App.
A little over a year ago, we launched the first version of YouArt right here on Product Hunt. It was one of the first products to let an agent run a creative workflow. Back then, that was hard to imagine: most agents still couldn't reliably orchestrate a node-based system.
A year later, intelligence has leaped forward. Seedance 2.0 is an impressive video model. Opus 5.5 is to video editing and motion graphics, what Sonnet 3.7 was to coding. And Astra's computer use finally connects agents to traditional creative workflows.
But a smart agent in a browser tab can only do so much. Real creative work lives on your computer: your project folders, your After Effects and CapCut files, your client feedback in Slack and Gmail. Web tools make you upload, download and switch apps at every step, and the context gets lost along the way. So we brought the agent to where the work actually happens. On desktop, it can read your local files, work alongside your team's conversations and operate the creative tools you already use.
All of this made us believe that agentic first video production is finally possible. YouArt Desktop is our take on AI-native creative production. We hope you love it.