🚀 FreeCut - Professional Open Source Video Editor

FreeCut is a high-performance, lightweight video editor built for the modern creator. Combining the safety of Rust (Tauri) with the flexibility of React, it offers a professional-grade timeline experience without the bloat of traditional editors.

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Status: 🛠️ Under Active Development (Alpha)

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📸 Project Glimpse

Project Manager

Professional Timeline

Clips's Context Menu and Keyframes

Fadein and out:

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✨ Current Features

• [x] Smart Project Manager: Workspace-based file system to organize all your productions.

• [x] Multi-Track Timeline: Resizable and vertical-scrolling timeline with dynamic track management.

• [x] Pro Playback System: requestAnimationFrame driven playhead with sub-second timecode precision.

• [x] Infinite History (100+ Steps): Robust Undo/Redo system protecting your creative process.

• [x] Intelligent Manipulation:

  • Precision Split (S) tool.

  • Multi-select clips and assets for bulk actions.

  • Magnetic Snapping: Magnetic timeline for perfect alignment.

• [x] Easy Fadein and Out: Easy Fade In and Out (for video and audio) moving the conners of the clips.

• [x] Scale Controls: Dynamic zoom (Ctrl/Alt + Scroll) and resizable UI panels.

• [x] Asset Purge: Automatic cleaning of unused tracks to keep the workspace optimized.

• [x] Separate Audio: Separate or Recover Audio with one click

• [x] Keyframable Volume, Opacity and Speed: Change Volume, Speed and Opacity using Keyframes, Keyframes that is not the speed has auto sync with the time distortion caused by change of speed

• [x] Sub clips: Create subclips before import to project

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🛠️ Built With

• Tauri: High-performance desktop framework.

• React + TypeScript: For a type-safe and reactive UI.

• Tailwind CSS: Professional-grade styling.

• Lucide React: Beautiful and consistent iconography.

• Python + Moviepy: Binary version of a Python program to export videos

• Framer Motion: Smooth transitions and UI feedback.

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)

• Rust toolchain

• Tauri CLI

• Pyinstaller

Installation

Bash

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/seu-usuario/freecut.git

# Install dependencies
npm install

#go to exporter python folder
cd src-tauri/bin

#build the binary with pyinstaller

pyinstaller --onefile \
  --copy-metadata imageio \
  --copy-metadata moviepy \
  --collect-all moviepy \
  --hidden-import moviepy.video.fx.all \
  --hidden-import moviepy.audio.fx.all \
  exporter2.py


#move the new binary file from src-tauri/bin/dist for src-tauri/bin/ and rename with the target triple 

#go back to main folder

cd .. 
cd ..

# Run in development mode
npm run tauri dev

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🗺️ Roadmap (Upcoming Features)

• [ ] Drag & Drop Trimming: Resizing clips directly on the timeline edges.

• [ ] Audio Waveforms: Visual representation of audio tracks for sync.

• [ ] Export Engine: Native rendering via MoviePy.

• [ ] Transition Library: Fade-ins, cuts, and visual effects.

• [ ] AI-Powered Tools: Automated subtitles and smart silence cutting.

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⚖️ License

FreeCut is open-source software licensed under the GNU AGPLv3.

Because creative tools should belong to everyone.