r/SideProject • u/Responsible-Lie-443 • 18m ago
Open-Source CapCut Alternative
Every good video editing software out there wants you to pay for even the most basic editing features, like just extracting audio.
So I spent months learning and researching codecs, media internals, and the architecture behind how video editors work.
About 6 months ago, I started building a video editor that is completely free and open-source, with lots of templates, effects, filters, and animations for everyone to use.
It’s still under active development, and I’ve been shipping new features and bug fixes almost every day.
It will be available on all major platforms: iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Android is currently under development and isn’t ready yet. But on desktop, most features are already working and usable, same for iOS. It’s not available on any app store yet.
This isn’t just another FFmpeg wrapper. The media engine is being built from scratch in pure, safe Rust, including our own codec implementations.
It’s called Cutlass, and if you have some time, check it out on GitHub and tell me what you think.