# pireel/pireel

The open-source alternative to Capcut、ChatCut. Drivable by any AI agent over MCP.

Repository: https://github.com/pireel/pireel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pireel
Homepage: https://www.pireel.com
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ai-video, capcut, captions, talking-head, video-editor, chatcut, openchatcut, hyperframes
Last push: 2026-09-01T02:06:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 3
- inputs: {"age_days": 44, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1101, forks 100 (observed 2026-09-01T02:14:05.869480+00:00)

## What it is
Pireel Studio is an open-source, browser-based AI video editor for talking heads, shorts, demos, and montages, with canvas/timeline editing plus chat and MCP agent control. The open-source edition runs locally without an account, while hosted Cloud and an Apache-2.0 agent plugin provide the full experience.

## Use cases
- edit talking-head videos with AI pacing and captions
- turn long recordings into short clips
- control a video editor from an AI agent over MCP
- make product demos and marketing videos
- batch-create platform-specific video variants
- self-host an open-source CapCut alternative

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, self-hostable AI video editor
- you want agents like Claude Code or Codex to edit timelines via MCP
- you produce talking-head, shorts, or demo content regularly

## When to avoid
- you need the full hosted chat and generation features without configuring providers
- you require a license more permissive than AGPL-3.0
- you need offline native desktop editing rather than a browser workspace

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, llm-inference, mcp, chat-interface, ui-components, templating
- domain: media, artificial-intelligence, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, self-hosted
- tags: ai-video-editor, video-editing, talking-head, captions, mcp-agent, capcut-alternative, browser-editor, timeline-editing, open-source, agpl, video, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- pireel/pireel (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:05.869480+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 2026-08-30T07:02:07.191794+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pireel/pireel (fetched 2026-09-01T02:14:05.869480+00:00, sha 0a7f645a6fc2)
  - homepage: https://www.pireel.com (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:10.164826+00:00, sha db27ac940492)
  - site_page: https://pireel.com/en/about (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:10.177186+00:00, sha 36ac14b84b2f)
  - site_page: https://pireel.com/en/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:10.174784+00:00, sha 162eebf0e7a0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.