Paste a YouTube URL. AI reads the transcript and marks the moments worth sharing.
Fine-tune the in and out, preview inline, and export real .mp4 clips —
every frame processed on your own machine.
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A preview of the real flow — hit Get suggestions.
A preview of the real flow. The app runs this on your video, then cuts the .mp4 locally.
No timeline scrubbing through an hour of footage. The transcript does the finding.
Any YouTube link. Captions get pulled as timed segments.
Gemini scans the transcript and proposes clips with in/out times.
Nudge start/end, watch the exact range in an inline player.
ffmpeg writes a real .mp4 — optional frame or PNG overlay.
No server, no upload, no account. Bundled binaries do every bit of the work.
Gemini 2.5 Flash (free tier) reads the transcript and picks the moments worth sharing.
yt-dlp downloads, ffmpeg cuts. Output is a normal .mp4 — no watermarks.
Nudge the start and end of every clip before you cut. You keep final say over the edit.
Watch the exact clip range in an embedded player before committing to the cut.
Color borders or upload your own PNG overlay to brand every clip you export.
Bring your own free Gemini key. It's saved on your device and never sent anywhere else.
macOS · Windows · Linux — native installers, one codebase.
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