Self-hosted AI video editor. Your data stays local.

Hey Product Hunt 👋

OpenCut AI — the privacy-first, open-source AI video editor.

The problem

Every major AI video editor (Descript, CapCut, Runway) makes you upload your raw footage to the cloud. For journalists, enterprises, and anyone who cares about privacy, that's a dealbreaker.

Our take

AI editing shouldn't require handing your footage to someone else's server. OpenCut AI runs entirely on your own machine or a $20/mo server. Your footage, your models, your rules. Nothing leaves your infrastructure — ever.

What's inside

• ✍️ Edit by text — transcribe, then cut video like editing a Google Doc. Delete a sentence, the timeline cuts itself.

• ✂️ Smart Cut — one-click filler word + silence removal, running locally via FFmpeg

• 🎙️ Voice cloning & TTS — clone any voice from a 6-second sample; 22 Indian languages via Sarvam AI

• 🎬 AI Video Generation Hub — 9 models across 5 providers (Runway, Pika, Kling, MiniMax, Luma…)

• 🤖 AI Co-Pilot Agent — type "make this a 60-sec reel with captions and music" → it plans the steps, you approve, it executes

• 📊 Virality Score + A/B testing — score thumbnails & hooks across 7 engagement signals before you publish

• 🎥 YouTube → Reels — paste a URL, get reframed 9:16 clips with captions, automatically

Plus the pro stuff: 20 transitions, multicam editing, LUFS loudness normalization, beat detection, chroma key, motion tracking — all open source.

Why we're different

Who it's for

Privacy-conscious creators, journalists, enterprises with data-sovereignty requirements, educators, and anyone tired of per-seat subscriptions.

It's 100% free, MIT-licensed, and self-hostable in one Docker command. ⭐ Star us on GitHub: https://github.com/Ekaanth/OpenCut-AI

I'm here all day — ask me anything about self-hosting, the AI models, or the roadmap. 🙏