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baocut
Desktop video editor that coding agents drive through a CLI and MCP
- Stars
- 1.7k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
70 on 14 Jul 20261,746 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
BaoCut is an Electron desktop video editor with a local Runtime, a `baocut` CLI, an MCP server and an installable agent skill sharing one tool catalog. Agents such as Claude Code or Codex transcribe, subtitle, translate, dub and cut footage, leaving an editable timeline that a human can review in the app or browser. Transcription, TTS and image generation run on local models or on configured API providers.
Who it is for: Creators and developers who want an AI agent to edit video locally
Strengths
- Agent and human edit the same timeline with shared undo, not a flat MP4
- Local Whisper, Qwen3-ASR, HTDemucs, Real-ESRGAN and RIFE, plus many API providers
- CLI, MCP server and skill expose one documented tool catalog
- Exports MP4, SRT/WebVTT and a portable .baocut bundle
Weaknesses
- Agent features need a signed-in engine such as Codex CLI or Claude Code
- ffmpeg and ffprobe are not bundled and must be installed separately
- Installers only for Apple Silicon macOS and Windows x64; no Linux installer
- Windows packages are unsigned
What it needs
- GPU optional
- Needs ffmpeg, ffprobe, Codex CLI or Claude Code (agent engine)
- Models: Whisper large-v3, Qwen3-ASR, HTDemucs, Qwen3-TTS, Qwen-Image
Quick answers
Is baocut open source?
Its code is public on GitHub under its own license terms; read them before you use it at work.
Does baocut need a GPU?
No. It runs on a CPU and can use a GPU when you have one.
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