Edits for Desktop

ClipsPal is a desktop AI video editor for macOS and Windows that processes talking-head and faceless videos. It imports or records footage, cuts failed takes and silences, adds subtitles, zoom-ins, visuals, sounds and motion slides, and can generate shorts, thumbnails, chapters and articles. Its Director can apply edits from plain-language requests, while the timeline editor allows each cut to be restored or undone and exports MP4 files with subtitles or timelines for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. ClipsPal includes an MCP server with tools for reading videos, cutting footage, generating shorts, chapters and articles, and exporting results through compatible AI clients. Video, audio and transcription remain on the computer; only the transcript is sent to a selected remote AI, while a local model can keep processing on-device. It supports 40 spoken languages and is distributed as a one-time-purchase desktop app for macOS 14 or later and Windows 11, with a Windows beta.

OpenEdit is an open-source, agent-driven video-editing pipeline from VEED. It has no graphical interface or timeline; an agent-agnostic skill and repository guide drive it through coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini. The pipeline can edit, cut, and reframe footage; create burned-in subtitles, motion graphics, charts, and visual elements; assemble slides, websites, stills, or generated media into video; capture web pages; and connect generation services or MCP servers when needed. Source footage is optional, and VEED Fabric can generate footage only with the user's approval. For captioning, the agent transcribes the video, designs the captions, renders the result, opens a video previewer, and accepts follow-up requests such as changing subtitle color, position, or emphasis. Transcription can use VEED, local offline WhisperX, or a user-supplied service; all providers must produce per-word timings, which are stored in a common transcript format. Caption styles are authored in HTML and CSS. The project includes VEED's closed-source but free-to-use HTML renderer, which does not require a headless browser; Chrome can be used as an alternative rendering backend. V1 primarily targets captions, while motion graphics, charts, and brand-book-matched styling are less exercised. OpenEdit supports Apple Silicon Macs and Windows x64 PCs. Intel Macs are unsupported, Linux support is planned, and Windows requires Git, Node, and ffmpeg. It can be installed from the repository or with `npx skills add veedstudio/open-edit`.

Palmier Pro is a Swift-native macOS video editor built for AI, with generative video and image models integrated into the timeline. It can expose a local MCP server at http://127.0.0.1:19789/mcp for connections from Claude, Codex, and Cursor, and includes an in-app agent that can create and edit within the same project. It requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later on Apple Silicon. Releases through v0.7.6 and the corresponding published source are available under GPLv3; later binary releases are proprietary.

OpenCut is a free, open-source video editor for the web, desktop, and mobile, positioned as a local alternative to CapCut. It provides basic video-editing capabilities while keeping users' video files on their devices. The project is being rewritten around a Rust core intended to support browser, desktop, and mobile clients from one codebase. The planned architecture includes an Editor API, third-party plugins, an MCP server for AI agents, headless batch rendering, and an in-editor scripting tab. The existing classic version remains available through opencut.app while the rewrite is developed at new.opencut.app. OpenCut is licensed under the MIT License.

CapCut is a cross-platform video editing application and web service owned by ByteDance that provides tools for creating and editing videos. It offers AI-powered editing features, smart templates, effects, and export options for desktop, mobile, and web for social media content.