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Openflipbook

Openflipbook is an open-source, self-hostable web application for creating and exploring illustrated worlds. It generates pages from a prompt, map or uploaded image; users can enter places through image regions, revisit saved views, edit place names and references, branch worlds, and share read-only journeys. The documented stack includes a Next.js web app, a FastAPI backend, and Modal hosting options, with AI servic

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use Openflipbook when an illustrated result should be explored as connected places rather than viewed as a single image, or when you want to host and configure the application yourself.

Who it is for

  • Creators building navigable illustrated worlds or branching visual stories.
  • Developers who want to run and configure a self-hosted visual-generation application.
  • People who want to publish an interactive, read-only journey through already-generated pages.

Documented uses

  • Start an illustrated world from a map, prompt or uploaded image.
  • Explore a scene by selecting a region to generate or enter a deeper place.
  • Save and revisit views, edit place names and references, and branch a world.
  • Share a read-only viewer that lets others navigate pages already generated.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project is open source under the MIT license. The documented local demo requires Docker and user-supplied fal and OpenRouter keys; hosted deployment requires additional storage and hosting credentials.

  • The local demo keeps MongoDB and blob storage in Docker, but image generation and planning rely on external services and user-supplied keys.
  • A mock mode tests navigation plumbing with placeholder images, not the quality of generated illustrations.
  • Saved views retrieve their saved images; new generated viewpoints can still differ.
  • The read-only published viewer navigates existing pages without making model calls.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Start the local Docker demo

Set up Openflipbook locally with its web app, backend, MongoDB and blob storage, using cloud AI services.

Before you start

  • Docker
  • A clone of the Openflipbook repository
  • A fal key for image generation
  • An OpenRouter API key for planning and click interpretation

Steps

  1. Clone the repository and change into its directory.

  2. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in FAL_KEY and OPENROUTER_API_KEY.

  3. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    make demo

  4. Open http://localhost:3000/play.

Expected outcome

The documented local stack starts with the web app, backend, MongoDB and local blob storage wired together.

Guide limitations

  • The demo uses your own API credentials and any associated service charges.
  • Use make demo-mock to test navigation plumbing without API keys or model charges; its placeholder images do not represent visual quality.
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