What is OpenClip?
Turn long videos into short, vertical, captioned clips that are ready to post.
OpenClip takes a long video (a podcast, stream, webinar, or any recording), finds the moments most likely to perform on short-form platforms, and turns them into vertical, captioned clips. You upload once and leave with a set of clips, a transcript, and written content, all generated from the same source video.
The core flow
- Submit a video from a file upload or a URL. See Quickstart.
- OpenClip transcribes it, analyzes the content, and detects Viral Moments: clip candidates ranked by predicted engagement.
- Review moments in the Content Hub, then fine-tune any clip in the editor: captions, trims, filler-word removal, and branding.
- Download clips, share them with a link, or schedule them straight to your social accounts.
What else is in the box
- Brands: saved profiles (caption style, logo, tone) applied automatically when you submit a video.
- AI Writer: blog posts, newsletters, and social posts written from your video's content.
- Tools: one-off utilities for converting, compressing, trimming, transcribing, and cleaning up media.
- AI UGC Studio: generate short talking-head creator videos from a script, no camera involved.
- MCP and API access: drive the whole pipeline from Claude, Cursor, or your own agents.
Key terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Video | A source video you submitted, from upload or URL |
| Viral Moment | An AI-detected clip candidate with a virality score, hook, and category |
| Brand | A saved processing profile (captions, logo, personality) |
| Credit | The processing unit: 1 credit = 1 minute of source video |
| Content Hub | The per-video workspace where moments, transcript, and content live |
Where to start
- New here? Follow the Quickstart.
- Wondering what things cost? Read Credits and plans.
- Connecting an agent or IDE? Head to MCP.