Import
Point FastClip at a long local video. It probes the file and creates a resumable project without copying or modifying your source.
Open BetaLocal vertical clip generator for Windows
Turn long videos into vertical clips, locally
FastClip scans long local videos for likely highlight moments, then lets you review and export ready-to-post 9:16 clips with optional captions.
FastClip is a native Windows app that imports a source video, analyzes it with on-device signals, proposes ranked candidate clips, and lets you review and export 1080×1920 MP4s. No uploads, no accounts, no monthly credits: your footage never leaves your machine.
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- Clip 0112:41 - 13:04
- Clip 0231:17 - 31:52
- Clip 0354:02 - 54:21
- Clip 041:07:48 - 1:08:11
AND HE TAKES THE LEAD
1080×1920How it works
Import, analyze, review, export
FastClip exists for creators with long recordings who need the good moments without scrubbing for an hour. It is built around one loop: it proposes the clips, you make the calls, and everything happens on your machine.
Analyze
On-device signals like speech density, audio energy, and dead air find the moments worth keeping. No cloud, no credits.
Review
A ranked candidate list shows every proposed clip. Preview them, adjust them, and pick the ones you want.
Export
Selected clips render to 1080×1920 vertical MP4s, with captions burned in if you want them.
Features
An automated clipping pipeline, not another editor
FastClip is intentionally not a nonlinear editor. There is no multi-track timeline and no compositing: it finds clips, you review them, and it exports clean vertical MP4s.
Fully local pipeline
Analysis, transcription, and export all run on your machine. No uploads, no cloud services, no analytics.
Automatic candidate clips
Variable-duration highlight windows are proposed from acoustic and structural signals, then ranked by speech density, audio energy, dead air, duration fit, and hook openings.
Four workflow modes
Speech, ActionSports, MusicMontage, and ManualPrivate select scoring weights and caption defaults to match the footage.
Deterministic 9:16 export
Center-crop to 1080×1920 MP4 (H.264/AAC) with the same result every time. No surprise re-renders.
Optional burned-in captions
Caption plans compile to burned-in subtitles with three built-in styles, in Auto, Force, or None modes.
Local transcription
Captions are driven by whisper.cpp running on your hardware. Audio never leaves your machine.
Hardware encoding
Exports prefer FFmpeg h264_nvenc and fall back to libx264 automatically when NVENC is not available.
Safe project folders
Each source gets a versioned .fastclip project folder. Source media is referenced by path, never copied or modified.
Workflow modes
Scoring that matches the footage
Each mode selects highlight scoring weights and default caption behavior, so a podcast is not scored like a hockey game.
Speech
Talking videos, podcasts, streams, and lessons. Weighs speech density and hook openings, with captions on by default.
ActionSports
Sports and action footage. Weighs audio energy spikes and crowd moments over dialogue.
MusicMontage
Music and montage sources. Favors sustained energy and rhythm over speech.
ManualPrivate
Makes no content assumptions and never reads transcript text. For footage you want scored with generic signals only.
Captions
Burned-in captions, transcribed on your hardware
Captions are optional and fully local. Transcription runs through whisper.cpp on your machine, drives a caption plan you can regenerate, and gets burned into the export as subtitles.
Caption modes are Auto, Force, and None, so speech footage gets captions by default and montage footage stays clean.
FastClip does not download or bundle models: you choose the local Whisper model it uses.
Clean and readableclean_white
BOLD AND LOUDbold_yellow
POP THE KEY WORDcreator_pop
Privacy
Local-first by design
No uploads. No cloud services. No accounts. No analytics.
Source media never leaves your machine and is never copied or modified. Projects reference it by absolute path, and everything FastClip generates stays in a project folder you can delete.
The ManualPrivate workflow mode goes further: it makes no content assumptions and never reads transcript text at all.
A clip generator, not an editor
There is no timeline, no compositing, and no general-purpose editing model. If a clip needs real editing, export it and finish it in the editor you already use.
Open beta
FastClip is built in Rust with a Tauri and React shell. The source is currently private; public beta builds are hosted on GitHub Releases.
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Where FastClip fits
Cloud AI clipping tools are subscription ecosystems built around uploads and credits. FastClip keeps the core job on your machine.
FastClip is a good fit if you want
- Clips from long footage without uploading it anywhere
- No per-minute credits or processing quotas
- Sports, speech, and music-aware highlight scoring
- Deterministic 9:16 exports you can rerun
- Captions transcribed locally, not in the cloud
- A focused tool instead of a full editor
Cloud tools are still better if you need
- Team collaboration and shared workspaces
- Auto-posting and publishing schedules
- Editing from a phone or browser
- Cloud storage for your library
- AI b-roll, reframing, and effects pipelines
- Mac or Linux support today
Pricing
Free to try, pay once. No subscription planned.
The planned model is simple: the free version analyzes your footage and shows every candidate clip it finds, with a per-project export limit. A one-time FastClip Pro license unlocks the rest.
There are no cloud costs behind FastClip, so there is no reason to charge monthly. No credits, no metering, no account required.
Final pricing will be announced when FastClip leaves beta.
Free (planned)
- Import and analyze local videos
- Preview every candidate clip
- All four workflow modes
- Export a few clips per project
- clean_white caption style
FastClip Pro (planned)
- One-time license, yours for good
- Unlimited exports and bulk Export All
- Premium caption styles
- Same local-only processing
Facts
FastClip facts
A quick reference for the essentials.
| Product | FastClip |
|---|---|
| Developer | Calvin Sturm (Sturm Technologies LLC) |
| Category | Vertical clip generator / highlight clipper |
| Platform | Windows 10 and later, 64-bit |
| Status | Open beta, public builds on GitHub Releases |
| Output | 9:16 vertical MP4, 1080×1920, H.264/AAC |
| Captions | Optional burned-in captions via local whisper.cpp transcription |
| Processing | 100% local: no uploads, no cloud services, no analytics |
| Technology | Rust, Tauri, React, FFmpeg, whisper.cpp |
| Best for | Creators turning long recordings into short vertical clips without uploading footage |
| Not designed for | Multi-track editing, compositing, or replacing a full editor |
Guides
Learn the local clipping workflow
Practical guides to turning long recordings into short-form clips on Windows: finding the moments, reframing for 9:16, and adding captions without uploading footage anywhere.
Clipping Workflow
Turn a long video into vertical clips
A local workflow for cutting long recordings into 9:16 vertical clips: finding the moments, reframing for vertical, captions, and why no-upload tools are faster.
Read the guideClipping Workflow
Auto captions without uploading
How on-device transcription (Whisper) makes burned-in captions possible without cloud services, why captions matter for short-form, and a local caption workflow.
Read the guideFAQ
FastClip questions
What is FastClip?
FastClip is a Windows app that turns long local videos into ready-to-post 9:16 vertical clips. It analyzes footage on your machine, proposes ranked highlight candidates, and exports 1080×1920 MP4s with optional burned-in captions.
Does FastClip upload my footage?
No. FastClip is fully local. Analysis, transcription, and export run on your machine, with no uploads, accounts, or analytics. Source files are referenced by path and never copied or modified.
Is FastClip an alternative to cloud AI clipping tools?
FastClip is a local-first alternative to tools like OpusClip, Kapwing, and CapCut for the core clipping job: there are no per-minute credits and footage never leaves your machine. Cloud tools are still better if you need team collaboration, auto-posting, or mobile editing.
Is FastClip a video editor?
No. FastClip is intentionally not a nonlinear editor: there is no multi-track timeline and no general-purpose compositing. It does one job: find, review, and export vertical highlight clips.
How do captions work?
Captions are optional. Local transcription via whisper.cpp drives caption plans that are burned in as subtitles, with clean_white, bold_yellow, and creator_pop built-in styles and Auto, Force, and None caption modes.
When can I download FastClip?
FastClip is in open beta. The latest Windows build is available now on GitHub Releases, and updates are announced on the Fast Series page.
Will FastClip be free?
The plan is a free version for analyzing footage and previewing every candidate clip, with a one-time FastClip Pro license for bulk export and premium caption styles. No subscription and no monthly credits are planned.
Try the FastClip open beta
The first public FastClip beta for Windows is available now on GitHub Releases. FastCast and FastPlay are also available today: both are free, native Windows tools from the same Fast Series.