ViralCutter vs AutoShorts (JayWebtech) vs AutoClip
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.
ViralCutterRafaelGodoyEbert/ViralCutter
AutoShorts (JayWebtech)JayWebtech/autoshorts
AutoClipzhouxiaoka/autoclip
Opus Clippaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
AI picks highlight clips from a long video
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Auto-reframe to vertical 9:16 (speaker or face tracking)
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Animated burned-in captions on clips
Partial: Partly
No: No
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Virality score per clip
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Schedule and publish clips to social platforms
No: No
No: No
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
3 of 5 jobs
2 of 5 jobs
4 of 5 jobs
All 5
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
429
1,277
9,601Top
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
0
1
335Top
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Latest release
Unknown
v0.1.5 · 2026-07-01
v1.5.6 · 2026-10-09Top
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Commits / 12 wk
2
8
415
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People committing / 12 mo
2
3
7
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
0 / 0
4 / 0
62 / 66
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, local WebUI or CLI; the LLM can be a local GGUF model or a cloud API
Confirmed: Yes, desktop app; fully offline mode with Ollama and local Whisper
Confirmed: Yes, desktop app, Docker web UI or CLI; cutting and rendering always local
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
No: No licence; all rights reserved by default
Confirmed: MIT
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Partial: InsightFace pretrained models are for non-commercial research; commercial licensing must be obtained separately. Whisper weights are MIT, and user-selected local GGUF or hosted LLM options retain their own terms
Confirmed: No bundled weights; uses the Ollama, Whisper or cloud models you choose
Confirmed: No separate model weights; uses the Whisper/SenseVoice and LLM models you configure
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0 code allows commercial use with copyleft conditions; licences of the models it uses are not stated
No: No licence granted for the code, so reuse or redistribution is not permitted by default
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; terms of your chosen model providers apply
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Paid services needed?Differs
Confirmed: None required; Gemini (free key) or GPT-4 optional, or run fully offline with local GGUF models
Partial: Not required (Ollama + local Whisper); the recommended setup uses paid Deepgram and DeepSeek or Claude APIs
Partial: None required with Ollama / LM Studio and local Whisper; cloud LLM, cloud ASR, AI images and publishing services are optional
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Confirmed: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA 12.4+ strongly recommended; exact VRAM and RAM not stated
Unknown: Not documented; FFmpeg must be on PATH
Partial: Desktop app: Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 13 or newer (Intel Macs not supported), or Windows 10/11 x64; no RAM or GPU figures
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Operating systemsDiffers
Partial: Windows install scripts documented; Google Colab notebook; macOS and Linux not documented
Confirmed: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows, Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage)
Confirmed: Desktop for Windows 10/11 x64 and macOS Apple Silicon; Intel Macs and Linux via Docker or CLI
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Medium; needs Python 3.10/3.11, FFmpeg, NVIDIA drivers and C++ Build Tools, then a .bat installer
Confirmed: Easy; unsigned installers from GitHub Releases plus FFmpeg on PATH
Confirmed: Easy, desktop installers (.dmg / -setup.exe) with Python and FFmpeg bundled; Docker or pip for CLI
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Stars over time
Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.
- ViralCutter
- AutoShorts (JayWebtech)
- AutoClip
Tracked daily since 16 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.
Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.
Notes for a video or post
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Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. RafaelGodoyEbert/ViralCutter ↗JayWebtech/autoshorts ↗zhouxiaoka/autoclip ↗