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AutoClip
AutoClip is an open-source video editing tool that converts long videos into short clips with covers, titles, and captions for social media.
AutoClip automates the creation of short-form content from long-form videos by analyzing source material and generating clips tailored to specific platform requirements. It automatically produces video clips, covers, titles, and descriptions, supporting platforms like TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts, Douyin, and Bilibili. Users paste a link, select a platform, and the software handles cropping, captioning, and brand outro generation. Editing and rendering are performed locally on the user's machine to maintain control over data privacy. It supports both cloud-based models and local alternatives via tools like Ollama or LM Studio for analysis and transcription.
AutoClip at a glance
- Best for: Social media creator, Marketer
- Runs on: macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, Docker
- Pricing: Software is free and open-source (MIT); cloud model usage is billed according to the selected service provider's pricing.
- Released: July 2025
- Category: AI video tool
- Website: github.com/zhouxiaoka/autoclip
Key features
- Automatic generation of up to 10 clips per platform
- Local video editing, cropping, and rendering
- Support for multiple social media aspect ratios and lengths
- Automatic generation of titles, descriptions, and hashtags
- Local or cloud-based transcription using Whisper or SenseVoice
- Integrated brand outro customization
- Command Line Interface (CLI) and MCP support for automation
Use it for
- Repurposing interviews and podcasts for TikTok or Reels
- Generating short clips from educational course recordings
- Automating the creation of clips from long-form YouTube videos
- Creating multi-platform social media content from a single video link
Companions
Tools that articles about AutoClip recommend using with it, each with its job.
- Riverside — Clean multitrack recordings make better clips.
- Descript — Edits the full episode and transcript before clipping.
- Submagic — Fixes and styles captions on the clips you keep.
- Castmagic — Show notes, social posts and newsletters from the same episode.
Alternatives to AutoClip
- Opus Clip — Turns one long video into many ready-to-post shorts
- SupoClip — Face-aware cropping and open-source self-hosting.
- AutoShorts — It runs locally and automatically transcribes, analyzes, and crops video clips.
- AutoSubs — Runs entirely on your machine for free with zero data uploads.
- FunClip — It uses industrial-grade speech recognition models to clip videos accurately by text or.
- TranscriptClip — Transcribes public video links from six major platforms into text with timestamps in seconds.
- Short Video Maker — It runs locally for free without any watermarks or pre-clip credits.
- Clips by Plastic — Cuts a song into vertical lyric videos automatically for testing.
- CapCut — Free editor with templates and AI captions for short-form video
- CapCut CLI — Automates video projects locally while keeping every track fully editable.
- Ssemble — Auto-clips, captions, and posts videos in one click.
- Swiftly — Automates video editing and social media publishing workflows.
All AutoClip alternatives