Freecut
FreeCut edits video in a browser with multi-track editing, keyframe animations, real-time preview, and export options.
About Freecut
FreeCut is a browser-based, multi-track video editor that runs without installation. Editing, preview, analysis, transcription, AI generation and export run in the browser using WebGPU, WebCodecs, Web Workers, OPFS and the File System Access API.
There are no uploads; projects and media stay local. Projects, media metadata, thumbnails, waveforms, transcripts, scene cuts and caches are written as plain files to a workspace folder chosen by the user.
Key features
- Multi-track timeline with video, audio, text, image, shape, mask and Lottie items
- Multiple tabbed sequences per project linked to compound clips
- Linked audio-video tools for split, join, ripple, slip, slide and rate-stretch
- Real-time preview with transform, crop, corner-pin and mask gizmos
- GPU color scopes for waveform, vectorscope and histogram
- Chroma key with tolerance, softness and spill suppression
Best for: People who want to edit multi-track video in a browser while keeping project files local.
Good for
- No installation and no uploads; projects and media stay local
- Project data, transcripts, thumbnails and caches stored as plain files in a user-chosen folder
- Open-source repository with timeline, audio and effects code available
Freecut at a glance
- Website
- github.com/walterlow/freecut
- Category
- Design & Creative › Video Editing & Animation
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
Guides for Video Editing & Animation
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