Practical overview
When it fits
Use Tokovo when the phone interface is part of the story and you want a repeatable, code-led workflow from episode definition to vertical video.
Who it is for
- Creators producing serialized stories, chat dramas, social-feed narratives or screen-recorded episodes.
- Teams making short-form fiction, comedy, mystery, commentary, education or story-led promotion.
- Developers comfortable authoring and maintaining episodes through checked-in TypeScript.
Documented uses
- Define a story’s script, characters, tone and episode arc.
- Stage scenes across one or more simulated phones and app surfaces.
- Direct timing, camera moves, captions, sound, voice and on-screen input.
- Preview an episode in a browser and render a vertical MP4.
Requirements & limits
- The current product direction uses checked-in TypeScript and LLM-assisted code authoring; the visual-editor experiment and Studio-specific packages were deleted.
- The repository is public and identifies its license as MIT.
- Tokovo documents language adaptation, but language and app coverage varies by package; the README calls for visual review of each combination.
- The documentation does not specify AI models, deployment method or runtime requirements.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Create and render a phone-native episode
Use Tokovo’s documented production pipeline to define, preview, and render a short-form phone-screen story.
Before you start
- A TypeScript episode definition; the repository describes checked-in TypeScript and LLM-assisted code authoring as the current production approach.
Steps
Generate or write the episode script, characters, tone, and arc.
Stage the story in one or more simulated devices, such as chats, feeds, notifications, or calls.
Direct pacing, camera moves, captions, sound, voice, and other episode details.
Preview the episode in a browser, then render a vertical MP4.
Expected outcome
A browser-previewable phone-native episode and a vertical MP4 intended for short-form platforms.
Guide limitations
- The visual-editor experiment and its Studio-specific packages were deleted; the current priority is TypeScript-based episode authoring.
- The README does not provide the exact setup or render commands.
- Advertised language and app combinations require visual review.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- nishit-g/tokovo · Official homepage title · retained in its source language