# Anil-matcha/AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator

Open-source alternative to Opus Clip, Vidyo.ai, Klap & SubMagic. Turn long-form YouTube videos into viral 9:16 shorts using LLM highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and auto vertical cropping — free, no watermarks, no per-clip credits.

Repository: https://github.com/Anil-matcha/AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ai-youtube-shorts-generator
Homepage: https://www.vadoo.tv/ai-youtube-shorts-generator
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: video-editing, youtube-shorts, shorts-maker, ai-clip-generator, ai-clipping, auto-clip, auto-crop, highlight-detection, llm, open-source, opus-clip-alternative, reels, tiktok, vertical-video, viral-clips, whisper, 2short-ai-alternative, klap-alternative, submagic-alternative, vidyo-ai-alternative
Last push: 2026-07-29T05:22:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 56
- inputs: {"age_days": 796, "days_push": 35, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4738, forks 866 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:57.696275+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source Python tool that turns long-form YouTube videos into vertical 9:16 short clips using LLM-based highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and automatic vertical cropping. It is positioned as a free alternative to paid AI clipping services like Opus Clip, Klap, and Vidyo.ai, with no watermarks or per-clip credits.

## Use cases
- turn long youtube videos into shorts automatically
- find viral highlights in a podcast video
- auto-crop landscape video to vertical 9:16
- generate tiktok and reels clips from a video url
- batch clip a list of youtube urls
- transcribe video and pick best moments with an llm
- free opus clip alternative

## When to choose
- you want unlimited clipping without subscription fees or watermarks
- you need programmatic/JSON output or batch processing of many videos
- you want to customize the highlight-selection algorithm yourself

## When to avoid
- you need a polished GUI or one-click hosted service
- you want to avoid paying for LLM and transcription API usage
- you need guaranteed licensing clarity — the repo has no license file

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, speech-recognition, llm-inference, machine-learning, cli
- domain: media, artificial-intelligence
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: youtube-shorts, video-clipping, whisper, highlight-detection, auto-crop, vertical-video, opus-clip-alternative, tiktok, reels, content-creation, video, natural-language-processing

## Member repositories
- Anil-matcha/AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.696275+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:58.490036+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://www.vadoo.tv/ai-youtube-shorts-generator (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:41.863342+00:00, sha 83d9d6d81cdd)
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  - site_page: https://www.vadoo.tv/pricing-vadoo-ai (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:41.898855+00:00, sha 264a3808108a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.