YT Short Clipper vs AutoClip vs AutoShorts (JayWebtech)
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.
YT Short Clipperjipraks/yt-short-clipper
AutoClipzhouxiaoka/autoclip
AutoShorts (JayWebtech)JayWebtech/autoshorts
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
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Virality score per clip
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Schedule and publish clips to social platforms
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
4 of 5 jobs
4 of 5 jobs
2 of 5 jobs
All 5
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
1,047
9,601Top
1,277
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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
335Top
1
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Latest release
v2.0.7-beta · 2026-09-20
v1.5.6 · 2026-10-09Top
v0.1.5 · 2026-07-01
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Commits / 12 wk
14
415
8
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People committing / 12 mo
2
7
3
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
0 / 0
62 / 66
4 / 0
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, Windows desktop app; the LLM step can be local (Ollama, vLLM) or a cloud API
Confirmed: Yes, desktop app, Docker web UI or CLI; cutting and rendering always local
Confirmed: Yes, desktop app; fully offline mode with Ollama and local Whisper
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Confirmed: MIT
Confirmed: MIT
No: No licence; all rights reserved by default
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Confirmed: No bundled LLM weights; uses the provider you configure (MediaPipe for face tracking)
Confirmed: No separate model weights; uses the Whisper/SenseVoice and LLM models you configure
Confirmed: No bundled weights; uses the Ollama, Whisper or cloud models you choose
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Commercial useDiffers
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; you must have rights to the YouTube videos you re-cut
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; terms of your chosen model providers apply
No: No licence granted for the code, so reuse or redistribution is not permitted by default
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Paid services needed?Differs
Partial: Not required with a local Ollama/vLLM model; cloud LLM APIs, the in-app AI wallet and Repliz upload are optional paid extras
Partial: None required with Ollama / LM Studio and local Whisper; cloud LLM, cloud ASR, AI images and publishing services are optional
Partial: Not required (Ollama + local Whisper); the recommended setup uses paid Deepgram and DeepSeek or Claude APIs
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Unknown: Not documented
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
Unknown: Not documented; FFmpeg must be on PATH
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Operating systemsDiffers
Partial: Windows 10/11 only; not ready for macOS or Linux
Confirmed: Desktop for Windows 10/11 x64 and macOS Apple Silicon; Intel Macs and Linux via Docker or CLI
Confirmed: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows, Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage)
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy, portable zip from GitHub Releases; building from source needs Node, Rust and Python
Confirmed: Easy, desktop installers (.dmg / -setup.exe) with Python and FFmpeg bundled; Docker or pip for CLI
Confirmed: Easy; unsigned installers from GitHub Releases plus FFmpeg on PATH
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Stars over time
Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.
- YT Short Clipper
- AutoClip
- AutoShorts (JayWebtech)
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.
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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. jipraks/yt-short-clipper ↗zhouxiaoka/autoclip ↗JayWebtech/autoshorts ↗