OpenShorts vs AutoClip vs AI shorts generator (short-video-maker)

Side by side, as alternatives to Opus Clip. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

OpenShortsmutonby/openshorts

AutoClipzhouxiaoka/autoclip

AI shorts generator (short-video-maker)mushigaite/short-video-maker

Opus Clippaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

See pricing page source ↗

AI picks highlight clips from a long video

Partly

Yes

Auto-reframe to vertical 9:16 (speaker or face tracking)

Partly

Yes

Animated burned-in captions on clips

Partly

Yes

Virality score per clip

Partly

Yes

Schedule and publish clips to social platforms

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

4 of 5 jobs

All 5

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

6,909

9,601Top

631

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

335Top

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Latest release

Unknown

v1.5.6 · 2026-10-09

Unknown

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Commits / 12 wk

260

415

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People committing / 12 mo

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

7 / 9

62 / 66

0 / 0

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, self-hosted with Docker Compose; a paid hosted version also exists

Yes, desktop app, Docker web UI or CLI; cutting and rendering always local

Yes, runs on your machine; transcription is local, highlight ranking calls a cloud LLM

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

MIT for the core app; the cloud/ folder (billing, hosted infrastructure) is source-available under a commercial licence

MIT

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Model weights licenceDiffers

No separate model weights; downloads third-party models (faster-whisper, YOLOv8, MediaPipe) and calls the LLM you choose

No separate model weights; uses the Whisper/SenseVoice and LLM models you configure

No separate model weights

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes for the MIT core; the cloud/ billing folder may not be resold as a hosted service. Licences of bundled models (e.g. ultralytics YOLOv8) not checked

Yes, MIT code; terms of your chosen model providers apply

Yes, MIT (LLM provider terms apply separately)

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Paid services needed?Differs

Clipping can run with a local LLM and no paid key; Gemini is the default and is needed for auto-layout and silent videos; posting, dubbing and AI actors use paid APIs

None required with Ollama / LM Studio and local Whisper; cloud LLM, cloud ASR, AI images and publishing services are optional

Needs an LLM API key; Gemini has a free tier with a daily limit, OpenAI and MuAPI are paid

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

8GB+ RAM; CPU works (5-8 min per 8-min video); optional NVIDIA GPU, 8GB VRAM enough for large-v3-turbo

Desktop app: Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 13 or newer (Intel Macs not supported), or Windows 10/11 x64; no RAM or GPU figures

Python 3.10+; Whisper runs on CPU or CUDA GPU, model size selectable

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Operating systemsDiffers

Runs in Docker; Linux and Windows (Docker Desktop with WSL2) are documented; macOS not mentioned

Desktop for Windows 10/11 x64 and macOS Apple Silicon; Intel Macs and Linux via Docker or CLI

Windows, Linux and macOS install steps in the README

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Setup effortDiffers

Medium, docker compose up --build, then enter API keys in the dashboard

Easy, desktop installers (.dmg / -setup.exe) with Python and FFmpeg bundled; Docker or pip for CLI

Easy-medium, clone, pip install requirements and add an API key to .env (README clone URL uses an older repo name)

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Stars over time

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OpenShorts vs AutoClip vs AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) (as alternatives to Opus Clip)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=openshorts,autoclip,short-video-maker&product=opus-clip

Opus Clip: See pricing page
OpenShorts: free software; does 4 of 5 Opus Clip jobs
AutoClip: free software; does 4 of 5 Opus Clip jobs
AI shorts generator (short-video-maker): free software; does 4 of 5 Opus Clip jobs

- OpenShorts: 6,909 GitHub stars, 260 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT for the core app; the cloud/ folder (billing, hosted infrastructure) is source-available under a commercial licence
- AutoClip: 9,601 GitHub stars, 415 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT
- AI shorts generator (short-video-maker): 631 GitHub stars, 17 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: OpenShorts Yes, self-hosted with Docker Compose; a paid hosted version also exists; AutoClip Yes, desktop app, Docker web UI or CLI; cutting and rendering always local; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Yes, runs on your machine; transcription is local, highlight ranking calls a cloud LLM
- Code licence: OpenShorts MIT for the core app; the cloud/ folder (billing, hosted infrastructure) is source-available under a commercial licence; AutoClip MIT; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) MIT
- Model weights licence: OpenShorts No separate model weights; downloads third-party models (faster-whisper, YOLOv8, MediaPipe) and calls the LLM you choose; AutoClip No separate model weights; uses the Whisper/SenseVoice and LLM models you configure; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) No separate model weights
- Commercial use: OpenShorts Yes for the MIT core; the cloud/ billing folder may not be resold as a hosted service. Licences of bundled models (e.g. ultralytics YOLOv8) not checked; AutoClip Yes, MIT code; terms of your chosen model providers apply; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Yes, MIT (LLM provider terms apply separately)
- Paid services needed?: OpenShorts Clipping can run with a local LLM and no paid key; Gemini is the default and is needed for auto-layout and silent videos; posting, dubbing and AI actors use paid APIs; AutoClip None required with Ollama / LM Studio and local Whisper; cloud LLM, cloud ASR, AI images and publishing services are optional; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Needs an LLM API key; Gemini has a free tier with a daily limit, OpenAI and MuAPI are paid
- Hardware: OpenShorts 8GB+ RAM; CPU works (5-8 min per 8-min video); optional NVIDIA GPU, 8GB VRAM enough for large-v3-turbo; AutoClip Desktop app: Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 13 or newer (Intel Macs not supported), or Windows 10/11 x64; no RAM or GPU figures; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Python 3.10+; Whisper runs on CPU or CUDA GPU, model size selectable
- Operating systems: OpenShorts Runs in Docker; Linux and Windows (Docker Desktop with WSL2) are documented; macOS not mentioned; AutoClip Desktop for Windows 10/11 x64 and macOS Apple Silicon; Intel Macs and Linux via Docker or CLI; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Windows, Linux and macOS install steps in the README
- Setup effort: OpenShorts Medium, docker compose up --build, then enter API keys in the dashboard; AutoClip Easy, desktop installers (.dmg / -setup.exe) with Python and FFmpeg bundled; Docker or pip for CLI; AI shorts generator (short-video-maker) Easy-medium, clone, pip install requirements and add an API key to .env (README clone URL uses an older repo name)

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