OpenCut-app/OpenCutPublic

What is OpenCut?

An open-source, web-based video editor built with TypeScript, designed as a free alternative to CapCut.

What does OpenCut do?

OpenCut is an open-source video editing application designed to replicate the intuitive, creator-focused workflow of commercial tools like CapCut. Built primarily with TypeScript, it provides a web-native or Electron-based environment for non-linear editing. The platform focuses on accessibility and speed, offering multi-track editing, trimming, and basic effects without the licensing costs or telemetry of proprietary software. By leveraging modern web technologies, OpenCut aims to provide a familiar interface for social media content creation while maintaining the transparency and extensibility of an open-source project.

Who is OpenCut for?

OpenCut is for social media creators, casual video editors, and open-source advocates who want a free, CapCut-like experience. It requires no specialized hardware, just a modern web browser or the desktop client.

How do I get started with OpenCut?

npm install && npm run dev

How popular is OpenCut on GitHub?

OpenCut-app/OpenCut has 92,011 stars and 9,077 forks on GitHub, and gained 1,211 stars in the last 7 days.

What license does OpenCut use?

OpenCut-app/OpenCut is released under the MIT license.

• Landmark project

  92,011 stars

• Community-driven

  ~101 contributors

• Permissive license

  MIT

• Continuous integration

  Automated checks passing

• Repeat trending

  11 trending appearances

• Top 10% tracked

  Rank 85 of 1135

OpenCut is an open-source video editing application designed to replicate the intuitive, creator-focused workflow of commercial tools like CapCut. Built primarily with TypeScript, it provides a web-native or Electron-based environment for non-linear editing. The platform focuses on accessibility and speed, offering multi-track editing, trimming, and basic effects without the licensing costs or telemetry of proprietary software. By leveraging modern web technologies, OpenCut aims to provide a familiar interface for social media content creation while maintaining the transparency and extensibility of an open-source project.

OpenCut is for social media creators, casual video editors, and open-source advocates who want a free, CapCut-like experience. It requires no specialized hardware, just a modern web browser or the desktop client.

• CapCut-style interface: Familiar, intuitive layout optimized for rapid content creation.
• Web-native architecture: Built with TypeScript, enabling deployment in browsers or as a desktop app.
• Multi-track timeline: Support for layering video, audio, and text tracks.
• Basic transitions and effects: Built-in tools for splicing and enhancing clips.
• Open-source transparency: Fully free alternative without commercial tracking or subscription fees.
• Extensible design: Community-driven development for adding new features and integrations.

Getting started: npm install && npm run dev

1. FFmpeg 8.1.3 (build 1)ffmpeg-8.1.3-1Sep 24, 2026pre-release83 downloads

   Shared LGPL builds of FFmpeg 8.1.3 for OpenCut's media crate, built from https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-8.1.3.tar.xz by the Media dependencies workflow. Each archive holds the exact configure flags (BUILD.md) and FFmpeg's licence. Pin them with `bun run crates/media/setup/pin.ts ffmpeg-8.1.3-1`.

2. v0.3.0v0.3.0Apr 15, 2026

   This release adds masks, a graph editor for keyframe curves, volume and speed controls, preview zoom, canvas backgrounds, stickers, and a lot more. ## Features - Added a brand page with downloadable brand assets. Assets are also accessible directly from the header logo context menu. - Scale now has separate width and height controls. You can stretch or squash elements independently on each axis. - Volume control for audio and video elements, both in the properties panel and inline on timeline clips. - Speed control for video and audio clips. Includes a maintain pitch option so audio doesn't chipmunk or deepen when you change the rate. - Masks. Hide or reveal parts of any video or image layer. Choose from split, rectangle, ellipse, star, heart, diamond, and cinematic bars. Adjust position, size, rotation, feather, and stroke in the properties panel, or drag the handles in the preview. - Canvas backgrounds are back. Set a blur, solid color, or gradient as the canvas background from the new Background tab in the settings panel. - Custom canvas size. Instead of being locked to a handful of presets, you can now enter any width and height you want. - Preview zoom and panning.

3. v0.2.0v0.2.0Mar 2, 2026

   This release adds the foundation for motion and effects, alongside many improvements & fixes. ## Features - Keyframe animation system for animating element properties over time. - Entirely new efects system. Effects can be applied per-clip or added as standalone elements on the timeline (with our first effect: Blur!) - Added a changelog page to the site. - Ripple editing mode. ## Improvements - New text elements no longer have a black background by default. - Selection outline in the preview is now dashed. - Adjacent clips on the timeline now have a small gap between them so selected clips are always clearly visible. - Press Escape to deselect the current element. ## Fixes - Fixed an issue where click-and-drag selection on one timeline track could accidentally select items from the track below. - Audio could flicker or cut out at the start of playback when certain elements were selected. The scheduler now recovers from timing slips without losing audio. - Dragging a clip onto the timeline and pressing Ctrl+Z now removes both the clip and the track it created in one step, instead of requiring two undos. - A few values in the properties panel were previously show

4. v0.1.0v0.1.0Feb 23, 2026

   This update represents a major consolidation of the editor architecture, focusing on performance, usability, and standardization. Assets & Properties Panel - Overhauled the Properties panel using a new composable `Section` architecture to replace the rigid property items. - Introduced `NumberField` inputs with "scrubbing" (drag to change) and inline math evaluation (e.g., `1920/2`) to speed up precision editing. - Implemented a pro-grade `ColorPicker` with EyeDropper support, opacity sliders, and multi-format parsing (Hex, RGB, HSL) to fix color management frustrations. - Standardized all asset sidebars (Media, Stickers, etc.) to use a shared `PanelView` layout for consistent scrolling and header actions. Typography Engine - Replaced the heavy font loading mechanism with a custom "Font Atlas" sprite system. - Why: Rendering hundreds of font previews previously stalled the browser. - Result: Instant rendering of 1000+ Google Font previews via AVIF sprites without network waterfalls. - Added a virtualized `FontPicker` with search Stickers & Shapes - Decoupled the sticker system from Iconify to a provider-based architecture. - Added native support for Emojis, Countr

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