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ClipForge is a desktop AI video clipper for podcasters, streamers, and long-form creators. Drop in a video up to 6 hours long and get TikTok-ready vertical clips with karaoke captions — all processed on your own PC.
Hey PH! I'm the solo developer behind ClipForge. Here's the backstory:
I edit long-form content (podcasts, streams) and the clipping workflow was always: upload 5GB to a cloud tool → wait 20 minutes → get watermarked clips → pay $30/mo to remove watermarks. It felt wrong that MY footage had to leave MY computer just to get cut into clips.
So I built ClipForge to run entirely on your own machine. The Whisper transcription model downloads once (~500MB) and then everything works offline. Your raw video never touches a server.
What's under the hood:
- faster-whisper (CTranslate2) for transcription — C++ inference, ~2x realtime on a decent CPU
- 6-feature heuristic scorer that ranks every moment without needing an API key
- Optional LLM scoring via BYO key (OpenAI/Anthropic/DeepSeek) — you pay your provider, I never mark up tokens
- ONNX face detection for face-aware 9:16 cropping
- ffmpeg pipeline for export with word-level timed captions
Current state: v0.4.0, 780+ tests passing, on my 5th iteration. Built with Python, PySide6, and a lot of late nights.
What I'd love feedback on:
- Would you use this instead of Opus Clip / 2short? What would make you switch?
- The trial is 60 minutes / 15 clips — is that enough to evaluate?
- Mac version: how many of you would use this on macOS?
Ask me anything about the build, the pricing model, or the face tracker — happy to get technical.
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About ClipForge on Product Hunt
“Turn long videos into vertical clips”
ClipForge was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. ClipForge is a desktop AI video clipper for podcasters, streamers, and long-form creators. Drop in a video up to 6 hours long and get TikTok-ready vertical clips with karaoke captions — all processed on your own PC.
ClipForge was featured in Photo & Video (2k followers), Video Art (846 followers), Video (1.9k followers) and Vercel Day (20 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted ClipForge?
ClipForge was hunted by Jonathan Garcia Lugo. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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