| What it does | Free, open-source video captions you control
| AI-native video editor that combines AI chat editing with a full manual timeline editor
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| Stage | Startup
| Startup
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| Founded | 2026
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Freemium
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| Pricing | Free app (1080p at 30 fps), Pro one-time purchase 14.99 €, self-hosting free
| Manual editor is free forever. AI features require a paid Viewcat plan. Viewcat costs less than $1 of credits per Reel.
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| Key features | - Transcription with Whisper, Parakeet, or Apple Speech
- Word-by-word animated captions
- Caption styling and correction
- Export as MP4, WebM, ProRes, SRT, VTT or JSON
- iPhone app with on-device transcription
- Self-hosted Docker deployment
- HTTP API for scripts and pipelines
- Integration with Claude, Cursor and MCP clients
- Support for 13 interface languages
- GPU acceleration optional for faster transcription
| - AI chat editor: describe edits and fix any part by hand
- Recreate any creator's editing style from their videos
- AI editing skills: /cleanup, /order-clips, /match-recording
- AI clipping: turn long videos into viral vertical clips
- Animated story shorts from a topic
- Auto captions with animation and styling
- AI thumbnails and Reel covers
- Full timeline video editor on your PC
- 39 effects and 37 transitions, GPU-fast
- AI voiceover with 28 natural English voices
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| What makes it different | - Open source with Rust engine shared across browser, app and server
- No uploads: iPhone app transcribes on device, self-hosted keeps videos local
- Free with one-time Pro purchase, no subscription required
- Run on your own server with Docker, no dependency on external services
- Agent integration for video captioning from Claude and other AI tools
| - Built-in professional editing skills (cleanup, ordering, recording sync) instead of starting from scratch
- Edit any part by hand when AI makes a mistake, with one-click undo instead of re-prompting
- Under $1 per Reel with AI, versus $20 from a human editor
- Use your own Claude or Codex plan via MCP connection
- Recreate any creator's style without buying their course
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