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Rescript
A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs in-browser.
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A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs in-browser.
88 followers
🎬 Open source, transcript-based video editor that lives in the browser. Edit videos by simply editing the transcript text. Runs fully in the browser: Local, free and offline!
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Running fully in-browser is a strong differentiator for this category, since the thing that makes people hesitate about editing tools is uploading raw footage of themselves to someone else's server.
The tradeoff I'd want measured is where the tab gives up. Browser memory limits are real, and a 90-minute recording is a very different ask than a 5-minute one. Do you have a rough ceiling in practice? And does transcription run locally too, or does that step reach out — because if it does, the privacy story quietly changes for the part people care about most.
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Some editing products reduce the video quality when we export the edited clip. Does this retain it as is?
So for example, if the video is in 4K, it exports back 4K, right?
love that this is a weekend project and fully local, that's a rare combo for video editing tools. curious how it holds up on longer source files though, like an hour long podcast recording. is the transcription and scrubbing still snappy on a mid-range laptop at that length, or does the in-browser part start to strain once the timeline gets long. either way nice work shipping this solo.
Transcript-based editing in the browser is a strong idea, especially with everything staying local.
How does Rescript handle edits beyond cuts, such as removing filler words or tightening pauses without making the final video feel unnatural?
How do you handle longer videos or really dense transcripts in the browser? I'm curious if there's a practical file size limit before things start getting sluggish, since everything's running locally.
Editing a transcript instead of a timeline is one of those ideas that feels obvious only after someone builds it. Keeping everything local makes the pitch much stronger for interviews and personal footage. And a weekend project that puts a real workflow on the table is more interesting than another polished roadmap.