In simple English
This tool turns long horizontal videos into short vertical clips for phones. You give it a video file or a web link. It listens to the speech, picks the most interesting parts, and cuts them to vertical. It follows whoever is speaking and burns animated captions onto the screen. You can run it entirely on your own computer so nothing leaves your machine.
What it is
AutoClip is a local-first video clipper written in Python and React. It uses speech-to-text models and language models to automate the tedious work of creating short clips.
What it is good for
Content creators and solo builders who want to repurpose long podcasts or interviews into short clips for TikTok and Reels without paying for a cloud subscription.
- Runs entirely on your computer with no subscription fees or data sent to the cloud.
- Comes with a built-in web interface and command-line tools for automation.
- Follows the active speaker automatically and burns custom captions into the video.
- Requires Python 3.11 or 3.12, because newer versions break the video tracking library.
- Needs a specific full build of FFmpeg with libass support, which takes extra steps to install.
- Transcription and clip selection run slowly if you do not have a dedicated graphics card.
OpusClip or manual video editing in Premiere
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git clone https://github.com/artbyjazi/autoclip.git cd autoclip && uv venv --python 3.11 && uv pip install -e ".[dev]" cd frontend && npm install && npm run build && cd .. autoclip doctor autoclip serve