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Yassine Bouanane

@ybouane · Solo developer · Open-source builder

Montreal-based indie developer building browser-native creative software and coding-agent tools.

Website X GitHub Last verified Oct 11, 2026 · 19 sources

Yassine Bouanane Overview

Yassine Bouanane is a Montreal-based independent developer who publishes projects under the handle ybouane.[1][2] His portfolio documents web products dating back to Support Du Web in 2008 and includes creative software, developer libraries, AI agents, and ecommerce tools.[3] In 2026, his browser-based image editor ImageFlow brought wider attention to his work.[4][5]

What Yassine Bouanane Built

ImageFlow is a browser-native image editor with PSD import and export, layers, masks, smart objects, text, filters, and local AI editing features. He describes it as free and without workspace advertisements.[6][4]

ImageFlow

Active

Creator · Browser-based image editor · Launched Oct 2026

Browser-based editor supporting PSD files, layers, masks, effects, and on-device AI tools.

VideoFlow Studio converts a startup website into an editable promotional film by directing a coding agent through research, scene creation, rendering, and review.[7][8]

VideoFlow Studio

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Creator · AI video creation · Launched Sep 2026

Coding-agent-driven system that turns a product website into an editable promotional video.

VideoFlow is the underlying Apache-2.0-licensed TypeScript video engine. It represents animations as portable JSON and supports browser, server, and live-preview rendering.[9]

VideoFlow

ActiveOpen source

Creator · Programmatic video rendering · Launched 2026

Apache-2.0-licensed TypeScript video engine with JSON-based timelines and browser/server renderers.

Source code

dash-p is a TypeScript library and command-line experiment that automates the existing Claude Code terminal interface rather than replacing its authentication or session.[10]

dash-p

Active

Creator · Coding-agent automation · Launched 2026

Experimental CLI and TypeScript package for interacting programmatically with the official Claude Code terminal UI.

Source code

rcman supervises remote-control coding-agent sessions, including recovery after crashes or restarts, with adapters for two supported agent CLIs.[11]

rcman

ActiveOpen source

Creator · Coding-agent session management · Launched 2026

MIT-licensed supervisor for persistent Claude Code and Codex remote-control sessions.

Source code

OpenMolt is an MIT-licensed Node.js framework for building agents with permission-scoped integrations, model providers, structured output, memory, and scheduling.[12]

OpenMolt

ActiveOpen source

Creator · AI agent framework · Launched 2026

MIT-licensed Node.js toolkit with tools, integrations, permissions, memory, and scheduling.

Source code

CrazyGL offers interactive WebGL and canvas hero sections, with SKILL.md guidance intended to let coding agents remix the effects.[13]

CrazyGL

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Creator · Interactive web components · Launched 2026

Collection of interactive hero sections with WebGL and agent-readable SKILL.md guidance.

LiquidGlass is an MIT-licensed WebGL library for refraction, blur, and lighting effects in web interfaces.[14]

LiquidGlass

ActiveOpen source

Creator · WebGL UI library · Launched 2026

MIT-licensed visual effects library for refraction, blur, lighting, and liquid-glass interfaces.

Source code

LibRaw-Wasm packages LibRaw decoding through WebAssembly and Web Workers for browser-side RAW image handling and is distributed under the ISC license.[15][16]

LibRaw-Wasm

ActiveOpen source

Creator · Image decoding library

ISC-licensed WebAssembly and Web Worker bindings for decoding camera RAW images in the browser.

Source code

How Yassine Bouanane Builds

His work combines web interfaces with lower-level media processing. VideoFlow uses a TypeScript API and multiple renderers; LiquidGlass uses shaders; LibRaw-Wasm uses Emscripten and Web Workers.[9][14][15] Rather than treating an AI agent as a generic chatbot, VideoFlow Studio delegates video-production steps to Claude Code or Codex CLI through the user's existing local subscription.[7]

dash-p drives the real terminal UI inside a pseudo-terminal and extracts structured responses. Its repository describes screen-reading limitations and compatibility with specific Claude Code versions.[10] These are documented product integrations, not proof that either agent was used to write ImageFlow. Discussing ImageFlow, Bouanane said he tried automating parts of the work with AI but still needed extensive manual implementation and testing.[5]

Business Model

ImageFlow was released as a free editor. Bouanane said he was prioritizing usage, distribution, and user feedback ahead of deciding how to monetize it.[5]

My thinking right now is that distribution and usage matter much more than monetization.

[5] Reddit

VideoFlow Studio has a limited free CLI tier and paid plans offering expanded usage and hosted generation; the local tier relies on customers' existing coding-agent subscriptions.[17] Revenue, profit, and verified payment figures for his products have not been publicly established in the cited material.

Timeline

  • His portfolio identifies Support Du Web as his first website.[3]
  • His portfolio lists Re:GPT, a browser extension integrating ChatGPT into email workflows.[3]
  • His portfolio lists aPulse, a one-file Node.js server monitoring tool.[3]
  • VideoFlow Studio appeared in Product Hunt coverage of his coding-agent video workflow.[18]
  • He publicly described the approximately three-month build of ImageFlow and began gathering feedback from designers.[5]

Lessons

A second recurring pattern is separation of reusable infrastructure from end-user experiences. VideoFlow is an open-source rendering engine, whereas VideoFlow Studio supplies agent orchestration and an editing workflow on top.[19][9] His coding-agent tools also favor explicit interfaces and session management over opaque automation.[10][11]

Further Reading

Sources

  1. [1]Home — @ybouane · ybouane.com
  2. [2]ybouane (@ybouane) · GitHub · GitHub
  3. [3]Projects — @ybouane · ybouane.com
  4. [4]ImageFlow: Free Photoshop-grade image editor with AI features | Product Hunt · Product Hunt · Oct 2026
  5. [5]I spent 3 months building a photoshop-grade image editor in the browser, and it's going viral now! : r/buildinpublic · Reddit · Oct 7, 2026
  6. [6]ImageFlow — a Photoshop-class image editor in your browser · ImageFlow
  7. [7]VideoFlow Studio — Your website, in motion. · VideoFlow Studio
  8. [8]VideoFlow Studio: Type your startup URL and get a premium video trailer | Product Hunt · Product Hunt · Sep 2026
  9. [9]GitHub - ybouane/VideoFlow: Programmatic video for the web. Define videos with a fluent TypeScript API, compile them to a portable JSON format, and render to MP4 — in the browser, on the server, or play them back live with full scrubbing controls. · GitHub · GitHub
  10. [10]GitHub - ybouane/dash-p: Make Claude Scriptable Again · GitHub · GitHub
  11. [11]GitHub - ybouane/rcman: PM2-style process manager for AI coding-agent remote-control sessions · GitHub · GitHub
  12. [12]GitHub - ybouane/OpenMolt.dev: OpenMolt lets you build programmatic AI agents in Node.js that think, plan, and act using tools, integrations, and memory — directly from your codebase. · GitHub · GitHub
  13. [13]Programmable hero sections — CrazyGL · CrazyGL
  14. [14]GitHub - ybouane/liquidglass: A liquid glass effect library for the web. Apply realistic glass refraction, blur, chromatic aberration, and lighting effects to any HTML element using WebGL shaders. · GitHub · GitHub
  15. [15]GitHub - ybouane/LibRaw-Wasm: LibRaw WASM bindings to be able to use it in the browser. · GitHub · GitHub
  16. [16]LibRaw-Wasm/package.json at main · ybouane/LibRaw-Wasm · GitHub · GitHub
  17. [17]Pricing: VideoFlow Studio · VideoFlow Studio
  18. [18]VideoFlow Studio — Product Hunt · TLDRocket · TLDRocket · Sep 18, 2026
  19. [19]About: VideoFlow Studio · VideoFlow Studio