# Raw takes in. Finished video out.

Drop in your recordings. ClipCat makes the first edit with your own Claude or Codex: retakes and pauses out, punch-ins, b-roll, motion slides, sound and captions. Then it cuts the shorts and writes the chapters. You review every change, and it all runs on your computer.

- [Download for Mac](https://github.com/dqships/clipcat/releases/latest/download/ClipCat-arm64.dmg) (Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or newer)
- [Download for Windows](https://github.com/dqships/clipcat/releases/latest/download/ClipCat-x64-Setup.exe) (64-bit Windows 10 or 11)
- [All releases](https://github.com/dqships/clipcat/releases)

An example of the first edit ClipCat proposes for seven takes. Yellow marks are cuts. Every change comes with a reason, and you can undo any of them.

## From raw takes to posted in three steps

1. **Record or import**: Drag in the files from your camera or phone, or record your camera, your screen or just your voice straight into a project.
2. **Get a first edit**: ClipCat transcribes on your computer. Then your Claude or Codex proposes the cuts, zooms, b-roll, slides and sounds, each with a reason.
3. **Review and export**: Accept or reject each change, or edit the transcript like a document. Export the long video, the shorts and the write-up.

## Everything in the first edit

Each change lands on its own track, so you can see it, adjust it or turn it off.

- **Retakes and pauses out**: Repeated lines, stumbles and dead air are marked with a reason. Nothing is cut until you accept it.
- **Punch-ins**: A snap, a quick push or a slow creep toward you, to land the lines that matter.
- **B-roll from your files**: Your own screenshots and clips, placed where you talk about them, full frame or picture in picture.
- **Motion slides**: Animated title, list and number cards, designed for the moment and timed to your words.
- **Sound and music**: Effects on the right word, and a music bed that ducks while you talk.
- **Captions**: Burned in a word or a sentence at a time, plus an .srt file beside every export.
- **Shorts**: Clips that open on a hook and stand on their own, framed on your face.
- **The write-up**: Chapters, a YouTube description, an article and a thumbnail with you cut out in front of the title.

[See every feature](https://clipcat-navy.vercel.app/features)

## One recording, a week of shorts

Pick how many and how long. ClipCat finds the moments that work on their own, opens each one on a hook and keeps the long edit's cuts. A face tracker that runs on your computer keeps you in the 9:16 frame.

Up to 30, 60 or 90 seconds each, at 1080×1920.

## Uses the AI you already pay for

ClipCat runs no AI service of its own and has no account. It hands the transcript to the agent you're signed in to, and checks every suggestion it gets back against your words.

- **Claude Code**: Counts against your Claude plan. This is the default.
- **Codex**: Counts against your ChatGPT plan.
- **Claude API key**: Billed per use to your own Anthropic account.

### Or let your agent drive

ClipCat's MCP server lets Claude Code, Codex and the Claude app open your projects, cut words, accept suggestions, make shorts and start exports while ClipCat is open. Every change goes through the same undo history as the editor.

```
> cut the part about pricing, then make three shorts
clipcat  get_transcript  launch-video
clipcat  cut_words       words 812–951 (4:12–5:03)
clipcat  make_shorts     3, up to 60 s each
clipcat  export_video    16:9 and 9:16
```

## Your footage never leaves your computer

- **Transcribed on your computer**: NVIDIA's Parakeet on the Neural Engine on Apple Silicon, and whisper.cpp everywhere else.
- **Only text goes out**: The transcript goes to the AI you chose, and only when you ask it for something.
- **No account, no tracking**: No ClipCat server, no analytics, no watermark and no export limit.

[Read the privacy page](https://clipcat-navy.vercel.app/privacy)

## Your next video, mostly edited

ClipCat is free. It runs on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 14 or newer and on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11.

Last updated 28 October 2026.

Web page: https://clipcat-navy.vercel.app/