# OpenCut-app/OpenCut

The open-source CapCut alternative

Repository: https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opencut
Homepage: https://opencut.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: editor, oss, videoeditor
Last push: 2026-08-10T16:38:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 79, longevity 31
- inputs: {"age_days": 437, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 141, "gap_med": 25.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 86959, forks 8589 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.056129+00:00)

## What it is
OpenCut is a free, open-source video editor for web, desktop, and mobile, positioned as an open alternative to CapCut. It provides a timeline-based editor with multi-track video/audio, keyframe animation with a graph editor, masks, captions, stickers, and canvas controls, and is currently being rewritten from the ground up with a Rust core and plugin-first architecture.

## Use cases
- edit videos in the browser without installing software
- find an open-source alternative to CapCut
- trim and arrange clips on a multi-track timeline
- add captions or subtitles to a video
- animate elements with keyframes and easing curves
- apply masks to video or image layers
- adjust audio volume and playback speed while preserving pitch
- use one video editor across web, desktop, and mobile

## When to choose
- you want a free, no-watermark, open-source video editor that works on any platform
- you need browser-based editing for quick social-media style videos with captions, masks, and animations
- you want to self-host or contribute to an open-source creator tool

## When to avoid
- you need professional-grade editing like multicam, advanced color grading, or heavy VFX (use DaVinci Resolve or Premiere)
- you need a fully stable production tool today - the main repo is mid-rewrite, so use the opencut-classic version
- you need scripted or batch video processing, where ffmpeg-style CLI tools are a better fit

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, editor, gui, animation, audio-processing
- domain: media, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: video-editor, capcut-alternative, timeline-editing, keyframe-animation, captions, masks, open-source, typescript, video, desktop, mobile

## Member repositories
- OpenCut-app/OpenCut (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.056129+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 2026-08-29T16:13:53.412164+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.056129+00:00, sha 95ccfeb63ebc)
  - homepage: https://opencut.app (fetched 2026-08-28T17:39:08.256398+00:00, sha 2d88f63b2c4e)
  - site_page: https://opencut.app/changelog (fetched 2026-08-28T17:39:08.265501+00:00, sha 32cec5b2e382)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.