Video Editing GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

Beta: The truly free, open-source, local-first, cross-platform video editor. Scriptable through a JSON-RPC API & MCP.

FilmCraft: An open-source, nonlinear video editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Record your screen, ship a demo. Free and open-source, GPU-accelerated, no watermarks, no subscriptions. Windows, macOS, Linux. Actively maintained.

Formerly KrillinAI, VideoTranslation and Dubbing Tool for 120+ Languages. Open-source AI workspace for creators, powered by Codex. Video downloader, video translation, create videos, images, audios, and edits with Agents in one place. For your Social Media like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.

Open-source, local-first conversational AI video editor with a professional multi-track timeline, Agent Skills, MCP integration, and Remotion rendering.

Local video editor for coding agents: 42 FFmpeg tools with a machine-readable contract and an MCP server, for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Cut, captions, reframe, loudness, platform exports. No cloud, no API keys.

A local video studio for your coding agent. Describe a video in one sentence: your agent directs, your machine renders. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin and more. No API keys, no uploads.

Effort free video editing!

Clips Kitty: Free open-source AI video clipper. Local Opus Clip alternative (also Klap & Vizard) that turns Twitch, Kick & YouTube streams into auto-captioned Shorts, Reels, and TikToks, and can auto-post them 24/7 from a mini PC. Local AI (Ollama, Whisper): no usage or subscription fees. Or OpenRouter: a 2-hour VOD cost 11 cents in my testing.

Open-source AI video workbench. Bring any model or your local ComfyUI, and let Claude Code / Codex / Cursor direct it over MCP — storyboard, references, generation, editable first cut on a real timeline. Local-first: projects, prompts, and keys stay on your machine. No account, no telemetry.

Open Source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information.

Zero-dependency browser video editor that AI agents can drive — JSON timeline, MCP + REST, live-reloading UI

MCP server for Final Cut Pro XML. Lets Claude read, edit and generate real timelines: cut detection, markers, roles, transcript-based editing. Published on PyPI as fcp-mcp-server.

An open-source bridge between AI assistants and Adobe Premiere Pro, for supported editing workflows. Go, Rust, Python, and TypeScript.

Agent-first Creative Workspace

🎬 Ultimate AI Auto-Clipper — Transform long-form videos & podcasts into viral shorts! Features smart face-tracking, kinetic karaoke subtitles, contextual B-roll, AI voice-overs, and auto-uploaders (YouTube/FB). Powered by Whisper, Gemini, MediaPipe, & Pyannote.

Free, open-source personal AI video editor for Claude. Drop in a raw video, say "edit this", give notes in plain words.

Fast, deterministic, open-source Windows non-linear video editor built with C#/.NET 10, WPF, and a C++20/Direct3D 11 media engine

Desktop multicam recorder for macOS: records your screen and webcam in sync, then Claude Code or Codex edits the final video — shot selection, subtitles, graphics and SFX.

Three Claude master skills: edit your videos, make them go viral, and build anything. Free, MIT.