# walterlow/freecut

FreeCut is a professional-grade video editor that runs entirely in your browser. Professional video editing, zero installation. Create stunning videos with multi-track editing, keyframe animations, real-time preview, and high-quality exports.

Repository: https://github.com/walterlow/freecut
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freecut
Homepage: http://freecut.net
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: open-source, video-editor, react, typescript, video-editing, mediabunny, webcodecs, webgpu, videoeditor
Last push: 2026-08-17T00:16:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 20
- inputs: {"age_days": 290, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2096, forks 328 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.298969+00:00)

## What it is
FreeCut is a professional-grade, browser-based multi-track video editor requiring no installation or uploads, with all media and project files staying local on disk. It offers timeline editing, keyframe animations, real-time preview, semantic scene search, transcription, and high-quality exports using WebGPU, WebCodecs, and Web Workers.

## Use cases
- edit videos in the browser without installing software
- multi-track video editing with keyframe animations
- cut and trim video clips with a professional timeline
- transcribe video audio and search scenes semantically
- export high-quality videos locally without uploading footage
- add text, images, shapes, and Lottie animations to videos

## When to choose
- you want professional video editing with zero installation
- you need your media to stay local and private, never uploaded
- you want multi-track timelines, keyframes, and transitions in a web app
- you need browser-native performance via WebGPU and WebCodecs

## When to avoid
- you need a native desktop editor with OS-level hardware integration
- you require collaboration features or cloud project storage
- your browser lacks WebGPU/WebCodecs support for full functionality

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing, speech-recognition, nlp, ui-components, animation
- domain: media, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, wasm
- tags: video-editor, browser-based, webcodecs, webgpu, multi-track-timeline, keyframes, local-first, no-install, mediabunny, react, video, web-server, typescript

## Member repositories
- walterlow/freecut (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.298969+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 2026-08-30T02:54:38.372461+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/walterlow/freecut (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.298969+00:00, sha 3c3796a2a56f)
  - homepage: http://freecut.net (fetched 2026-08-29T10:35:09.734149+00:00, sha 516545c0d662)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.