Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by hyeongjun » Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 8:52 AM UTC

It's an open source video editor designed for motion effects and versatility. developed with electronjs / TypeScript, FFmpeg, Litjs.

I'm currently focusing on making it easier to edit long-form videos. Specifically, adding subtitles to podcast episodes or creating short-form content from YouTube videos.

And I’m also developing several extensible utilities. For example, recording video with a floating webcam—similar to Loom—or using LLMs to make cut editing easier. To make all this possible, I believe the first step is to build a versatile, general-purpose video editor.

Demo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh06VOYSMIM

Show HN: I made an open-source video editor
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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by popcar2 » Mon, Jan 27, 2025, 2:42 PM UTC

Cool stuff, I like how clean the app looks. Since it's on Electron, is there any chance it can run as a web app? I think there would be a lot of excitement for a web-based video editor that's actually decent to use, even if it doesn't have the greatest performance.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by darafsheh » Mon, Jan 27, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

Really cool! why did you create this? what's the vision?

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by popalchemist » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 10:07 AM UTC

This is well done. Does it have to be an electron app, or could this UI be embedded in an existing site, as a component?

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by hyeongjun » Mon, Feb 03, 2025, 4:38 AM UTC

popcar2 wrote: post #2

Cool stuff, I like how clean the app looks. Since it's on Electron, is there any chance it can run as a web app? I think there would be a lot of excitement for a web-based video editor that's actually decent to use, even if it doesn't have the greatest performance.

Thank you! I'm also considering web-based editing. Currently, I have adopted Electron due to its ease of low-cost operation.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source video editor

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Post by hyeongjun » Mon, Feb 03, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

darafsheh wrote: post #3

Really cool! why did you create this? what's the vision?

For now, I'm developing it as a hobby. My ultimate goal is to create a general-purpose editor (like code editor). Specific use cases would include 'podcast editing' and 'short-form video editing'.