Edit videos by talking to an agent

Uncut is a video editor for the Mac with an agent built in. It runs your installed Claude Code or Codex. The agent plans the cut, edits a real timeline while you watch, and hands every change back to you to keep or undo.

Download for macOS View on GitHub

For Apple silicon Macs. Free and open source. Needs ffmpeg from Homebrew. Uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1, see the third-party notices.

The launch film, made in Uncut

28 seconds, cut by the agent in Uncut itself. Turn the sound on in the player.

It edits the timeline while you watch

Ask for a cut. A brief and a storyboard come first, then the edit lands on your timeline.

Cut a 20 second travel film from today's drone clips. Golden hour to blue hour, a quiet title up front, soft music under it.

Importing 7 filesImported 7 files

Writing the briefWrote the brief

Brief: A 21 s travel film of day four in Croatia: a quiet title, six drone shots from golden hour to blue hour, soft music under it

Proposing a storyboard of 4 beatsProposed a storyboard of 4 beats

Storyboard, 4 beats

Reading the timeline, and 1 moreRead the timeline, and 1 more

Editing the timeline: Cut the travel film: six shots, titles, musicCut the travel film: six shots, titles, music

Asking the critic for a review, and 2 moreAsked the critic for a review, and 2 more

Critic, round 1RunningPassed

Cut and passed: 21 s, the title over the coast road up front, six shots from golden hour to blue hour, soft music under it.

2 editsClaude Code, 24 sUndo turn

Playhead 00:00:01:15

Ask for an edit; @ to point at media or a clip, / for a skillCut a 20 second travel film from today's drone clips. Golden hour to blue hour, a quiet title up front, soft music under it.

Claude Default

A critic reviews the cut

A separate agent that never saw the chat scores rendered frames and sends weak edits back.

A real editor underneath

Each agent turn undoes in one step. Everything it does, you can do by hand.

The timeline of the Croatia film: a kicker track with Croatia, a text track with Day four and Golden hour on the coast, a Title accent graphic, the main track with drone shots joined by transitions, and the Evening theme music bed.

Cut the talk by its words

Transcription runs on your Mac. Fillers and long pauses go in one click.

The transcript panel with buttons to remove filler words and pauses over 0.5 s, to make captions from the transcript, and the transcribed talk below with its timecodes.

Titles, lower thirds and captions

Animated titles and end cards. Captions burn in or play word by word, with SRT and WebVTT in and out.

Text presets: title, text, lower third, big title, kicker and title, highlight word, caption, stroked title, outline and boxed label.

Record straight into the project

Your screen, camera and mic, or iOS simulators and Android emulators.

The capture panel recording an iPhone 16 iOS simulator, with a Record button, the flow, maximum length, orientation, the app to open, and options to show touches and cut still parts.

The rest of the edit

Sound and music: A built-in sound library, online sound search and music ducked under speech.
Effects and looks: Filters, colour looks, transitions and text animations, previewed on the GPU.
Plugins: Looks, components, checks and agent tools in a folder, with a catalog to browse.
Export: H.264 or HEVC, loudness for social or broadcast, optional subtitles.

No Uncut account, no Uncut quotas

Your files stay on your Mac, and the agent runs on your own sign-in. Frames, transcripts and prompts go to its provider. Privacy notice

Start your next cut

Install Claude Code or Codex, add ffmpeg from Homebrew, then tell Uncut what to make.

Download for macOS View on GitHub

For Apple silicon Macs. Uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1, see the third-party notices.