FreeFrame
FreeFrame is an open-source media review platform for video, images, and audio, offered as a hosted service or for self-hosting.
What FreeFrame is
FreeFrame is an open-source media review platform for video, images, and audio, offered as a hosted service or for self-hosting. Video review includes HLS adaptive streaming and frame-accurate comments; image and audio reviews support annotations, with waveform visualization for audio. Teams can use comment threads, mentions, reactions, attachments, and approval workflows that track each reviewer’s status. Guests can comment through share links without accounts, with controls for permissions, passphrases, expiration, and watermarking. Comments can be exported for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, or CSV. Version comparison and NLE comment export are available in self-hosted FreeFrame, while social previews and custom project statuses are hosted-plan features. Self-hosting uses Docker Compose on a server or cloud VM, so media can remain on your infrastructure. The hosted Free plan has 5 GB storage and up to five members; Hosted costs $5.00 per month and lists 100 GB storage and unlimited members. A card-less Premium trial lasts seven days, or 30 days for existing supporters, with one trial per workspace.
Good
- Reviews video, image, and audio assets.
- Guests can comment without accounts.
- Approval workflows track reviewer status.
- Self-hosted version includes version comparison.
- Exports comments for several editing applications.
Watch out
- Free hosted workspaces allow up to five members.
- Social previews require a hosted plan.
- Custom project statuses require a hosted plan.
- Webhooks, Kanban, and easy assignment are not shipped.
Who it suits
FreeFrame suits creative teams reviewing video, image, or audio assets with colleagues and guest reviewers. Teams that want to keep media on their own infrastructure can use the self-hosted edition.
Verdict
FreeFrame brings review comments, approvals, and guest access together for several media types. Choose hosted or self-hosted based on member limits and which plan features your team needs.
Plans and prices
From FreeFrame's own pricing page, checked 19 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 GB storage · up to 5 members · unlimited projects · core review features · no card |
| Self-hosted | Free | Docker Compose deployment · no license key · no feature gate · own infrastructure · free forever |
| Hosted | $5 a month | 100 GB storage · unlimited members · NLE export · version compare · custom statuses · social preview · billed monthly · cancel anytime |
The facts
Each one read from FreeFrame's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and developer access
- The development stack exposes a FastAPI backend and interactive API documentation at the /docs endpoint.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Audio review
- Audio assets include waveform visualization so notes can target precise points.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Comments support threads, mentions, reactions, and attachments, and approval workflows track each reviewer's status.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data use
- The privacy policy says FreeFrame does not sell personal data or use it for advertising, and that Google Analytics is not loaded on share or invitation pages.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The repository includes deployment, architecture, NLE-export, contributing, environment-variable and release documentation.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Drawing annotations
- Reviewers can draw arrows, shapes and freehand marks directly on frames.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Due dates
- Due-date tracking flags reviews that are approaching their deadlines and can send email reminders.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Editor integrations
- Timecoded comments can be exported as marker EDL for DaVinci Resolve, FCPXML for Final Cut Pro, XML for Premiere Pro, or CSV.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Folders
- Projects can organize assets in folders rather than a flat list.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- People can comment through a share link without creating an account.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Hosted-only features
- Social preview and custom project statuses are hosted-plan features; version compare and NLE comment export are also included in self-hosted FreeFrame.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Image review
- Images can be annotated and compared side by side or with a draggable wipe.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Integrations and storage
- Self-hosting supports S3-compatible storage including AWS, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Garage and Silo.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The repository is released under the MIT License, allowing use, modification, distribution and sublicensing subject to the notice conditions.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing project management
- A Kanban board and easy assignment are listed as unavailable roadmap items.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing webhooks
- Webhooks are listed as not shipped, and an open issue requests notifications to external systems when a version is ready.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: reported mobile issue
- Good First Issue lists an open bug where the mobile comment sheet's play/pause control does nothing.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: reported transcoding issue
- Good First Issue lists an open issue in which CPU constraints can push long transcodes past the four-hour FFmpeg timeout without being caught.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: self-hosting effort
- Self-hosting requires Docker Compose and operation of the server, database, queue, transcoder and object storage components.checked 19 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Approval workflows
- Approval workflows track each reviewer's status and sign-off state.checked 19 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Techiebutler's own company site says it was established in 2021.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Techiebutler as a privately held software-development company with 51–200 employees and headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat.checked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free-plan cap
- Free hosted workspaces are capped at five members; guests joining through a share link do not count as seats.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Limit: hosted free cap
- The hosted free workspace is limited to five members and 5 GB of storage.checked 19 Oct 2026
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