CueClip is an AI video editor for macOS that removes filler words, retakes, and dead air from screen recordings. You edit the transcript, and the video cuts with it.

I published 8+ online courses to 18,000+ students. Every 40-minute lecture cost me about three hours afterwards: scrubbing a timeline to find every "um", every false start, and every stretch of silence where I was reading my own slides. By the fourth course, that edit was the reason I kept putting off recording. CueClip is the tool I wanted then.

Transcript-based video editing

Delete a sentence in the transcript and the matching footage disappears. CueClip transcribes the take on device, flags filler words, repeated takes, and long pauses as a reviewable list, and lets you accept them one at a time or all at once. Every auto edit is reversible, so an aggressive first pass costs you nothing. The transcript stays the source of truth, which means you can re-cut the same lesson months later without hunting for the right frame.

Screen recorder and editor in one app

Capture your screen or a single window on macOS, with an optional camera overlay and microphone. When recording stops, the take opens as an editable, already-transcribed project in the same window. There is no upload step and no round trip to a second tool.

Captions, backgrounds, and auto zoom

Burn word-timed captions into the export using your own font, size, and color, previewed exactly as they will render. Drop in a background and let auto zoom push in on the action so a flat screen recording carries movement. Export at 1080p or 4K in 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1, so one recording covers a course player, YouTube, and vertical feeds.

Highlight clips and NLE handoff

Scan a full lesson for the moments that stand on their own and send them out as vertical shorts. When a client needs the project file, export the edit as XML for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, or Final Cut Pro and keep working there.

Built to run locally

CueClip is a native macOS app built with Electron and React. Transcription runs on device through a bundled whisper.cpp model, and rendering runs through bundled ffmpeg, so video length, project count, and export count are all unlimited. Your footage stays in a folder on your own Mac. Export speed depends on your hardware, not a queue.

If you want higher transcription accuracy, connect your own OpenAI, Claude, or Deepgram key and pay that provider directly at cost. There is no markup and no credit meter in the middle.

Who uses it

Course creators and online instructors publishing on Maven, Udemy, Skillshare, Skool, Kajabi, and Teachable. YouTubers and tutorial creators producing long-form video weekly. Product teams recording demos and walkthroughs. Anyone who finds themselves cleaning up speech in a timeline more often than they would like.

A note on the Descript comparison

People usually arrive at CueClip looking for a Descript alternative, and the honest difference is where the work happens. Descript is a collaborative, browser-first workspace that wants your footage uploaded. CueClip is a desktop app that records, transcribes, cuts, and renders on your machine, priced as software rather than as a seat. If you are a team that needs shared editing, Descript is the better fit. If you are one person shipping a lesson a week and you want your files and your costs to stay local, that is what CueClip was built for.

Pricing

$149 one-time for a lifetime license, or $19 per month. Both include AI credits, and both support bringing your own API key. macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel.

FAQ

Does CueClip work on Windows?

Not yet. CueClip is a native macOS app for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Do I need an API key for the auto-editing to work?

No. Transcription runs on device with a bundled Whisper model, so filler word, retake, and pause removal work out of the box. Connecting your own key is optional and improves accuracy.

Is there a limit on video length or exports?

No. Transcription and rendering both run on your Mac, so your practical limit is disk space.

Can I edit footage I recorded elsewhere?

Yes. Drop in existing screen recordings, camera footage, or Zoom exports and CueClip transcribes and cuts them the same way.

Built by [Nima Tahami](https://nimatahami.framer.website/). Try it at [cueclip.app](https://cueclip.app).