Kitsu

What is Kitsu?

Kitsu is an open-source production tracker from CGWire for animation, VFX and game studios. It combines task tracking, review and a studio database, and the vendor reports 500+ studios and 25,000+ active users.

Key features of Kitsu

• Production tracker: schedule projects, track progress and build reports.
• Review engine: collect previews and run collaborative feedback sessions.
• Team collaboration: assign tasks, share statuses and communicate with artists.
• Casting management: breakdowns and shot readiness.
• Studio database: integrate production data into your pipeline.
• Hosting and support: managed hosting with automatic updates and tailored setups.

How Kitsu works

Producers set up assets, shots and tasks, artists publish previews for review, and supervisors comment and approve in the review engine. Production data can be pulled into pipeline tools.

Who uses Kitsu?

Animation and VFX studios, game teams, schools and productions of TV, features, shorts and commercials. Named users include Blender, Gobelins and Ankama Animations.

Kitsu pricing

Kitsu lists Agency at 20 euros per user per month (1 to 20 users, 100 GB), Production at 30 euros (up to 100 users, 3 TB) and Studio at 35 euros (up to 300 users, 10 TB), billed annually. Enterprise is by quote. All plans include a two-week trial, and artist schools with up to 100 students pay 3,999 euros per year.

Kitsu integrations

The vendor describes software integrations that connect production data with a studio's main tools, and does not name specific third-party products on its homepage.

Kitsu alternatives

StudioBinder is production management for film and video, and Celtx focuses on scriptwriting and pre-production. Yamdu is a production management tool for film and animation, while Kitsu is built for animation and VFX pipelines.