OpenChatCut

OpenChatCut is an AI video editor for creators who want to direct edits through conversation and refine them manually. Agent changes become editable clips, captions, effects and audio tracks, so you can inspect or undo them in the same project.

• Conversational editing: The built-in agent can arrange footage, split clips and add titles or music; Codex and Claude Code can also edit and export projects through MCP.
• Transcript and captions: Cut footage through its transcript, compress pauses, handle speakers and create automatic captions with translation and SRT export.
• Picture and sound: Combine multitrack editing with keyframes, LUTs, chroma key and editable motion graphics, plus audio ducking and vocal isolation.
• Subject-aware placement: Person segmentation helps captions avoid the speaker and lets reframing follow the subject.
• Export formats: Export MP4, audio, captions, FCPXML or complete project data for further editing.

The free open-source desktop edition runs on macOS, Windows and Linux under AGPL-3.0. Projects and media stay on your machine by default. AI service connections and online media search reach external services, so local project storage doesn't mean those features run offline.

Local H.264 exports can use VideoToolbox on macOS or NVENC on compatible Windows systems, with software encoding as a fallback.