Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
Cutawan, an open-source video clipper that leaves the edit to you
A free desktop app that finds moments in long videos, captions them, reframes speakers, and exports Shorts, Reels, and TikToks.
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- For
- Podcasters and video creators repurposing long recordings
- Worth noticing
- It offers local Whisper captions, 12 caption styles, speaker-aware reframing, and local MP4 exports.
Field notes
Cutawan separates automated discovery from editorial control: the system proposes self-contained moments, while the user trims, captions, reframes, and exports them. Its setup wizard supports a signed-in Codex route, an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or local Whisper captioning; the latter requires Python 3.10+ and a speech model. The homepage also documents 12 caption styles, custom fonts, speaker-aware reframing, and three output aspect ratios.
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