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OpenChatCut
Open-source AI agent video editor with a real timeline
155 followers
Open-source AI agent video editor with a real timeline
155 followers
OpenChatCut is an open-source ChatCut alternative: local-first AI video editing where Codex, Claude, and MCP agents work on a real multitrack timeline. Free, editable exports, AGPL.
Love the local-first approach and the real multitrack timeline finally being usable with AI agents. One thing that would really help me as an editor: a way to version the timeline edits the agents make, so I can diff or roll back specific agent actions when something goes sideways.
OpenChatCut
@ayseluzerer6pg There are currently three layers of protection: individual agent operations can be accepted or rejected in the proposal card before applying them; a group of built-in agent edits can be undone in one step; and named project snapshots can be saved and restored.
What is not implemented yet is a persistent agent-operation log that supports diffing or selectively reversing one specific agent action long after it was applied. External MCP edits also enter the normal editing history directly. That is the missing layer in the current versioning model.
I like that the agent edits a real, reversible timeline instead of handing back a flattened export. Keeping captions, music, transitions, and keyframes visible makes this feel much easier to trust.
OpenChatCut
@adriancia Thanks—this is one of OpenChatCut’s core design goals. The agent is not editing toward a flattened result that becomes impossible to change afterward; it is editing a real, reversible project timeline that remains manually editable.
Captions, music, transitions, keyframes, and other agent-made changes remain visible as timeline structures, so users can inspect, adjust, undo, or continue editing them instead of trusting a black-box result.
Agnes AI
just curious whats your relations with chatcut lol
OpenChatCut
@cruise_chen OpenChatCut is an independent, open-source alternative to ChatCut. We’re not affiliated with the commercial ChatCut product—the name describes the category and comparison, not an official relationship.
OpenChatCut
@etiennegarcia Exactly — the goal is to keep AI-generated work editable rather than turning it into a dead-end export. You should always be able to refine, rearrange, or undo what the agent did. Thanks so much for the support!
finally an editor that doesn't fight me on the timeline, and the local-first angle means i can actually trust it with rough cuts. genuinely impressed it stays free under AGPL.
OpenChatCut
@nuraypzdp Really appreciate that, Nuray. Making the timeline feel predictable and trustworthy is exactly what we wanted. And yes, staying open and free under AGPL is an important part of the project.
Hi. I am trying to locate the English option to use this tool. Can you guide me how can I switch to English? Many thanks.
OpenChatCut
@dabb_jocd Hi! After opening any project, look at the right side of the editor’s top toolbar. You should see a small language button displaying “中,” near the history controls and to the left of the main Export button.
Click “中” to switch the interface to English. The button will then display “EN,” and your language selection will be saved locally.
Failing loud on a missing ID is the right call. The case that still got us wasn't deletion though, it was an item that still existed but had been trimmed underneath the agent, so "extend this clip by 2s" landed on a valid ID with stale assumptions and nobody noticed until playback. We ended up stamping a revision number on every read and rejecting writes carrying an old one. Does the timeline expose anything like that, or is re-reading the only way to notice?