Rescript wassgha/rescript

Transcript-based audio and video editor; delete words in the transcript to cut the media. Runs on-device. Non-commercial licence.

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Rescript at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Rescript transcribes media on-device (Whisper base or small via transformers.js, pyannote speaker labels) and cuts the video or audio when you delete words; it removes fillers and silences and exports video, audio, captions or NLE timelines. Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux plus a browser version. Licensed PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, so commercial use is not allowed. Anonymous telemetry is on by default. No voice cloning or TTS.

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How much of Descript does it replace?

1 of 3 jobs. Text-based cutting, filler and silence removal; no voice cloning or AI voices, and non-commercial use only.

Transcript-based editing Partial replacement

Voice cloning Not covered

Speech generation Not covered

For voice cloning, speech generation, see other Descript alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

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Runs on my machine? Yes, desktop app or browser; media processed on-device Private by design — no auth, no uploads; all media processing happens on-device github.com · rescript#readme ↗ 1d ago

Code licence PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 (source-available, not OSI) Commercial use (including reselling or redistributing the software for a fee) is not permitted under this license. github.com · rescript#license ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence pyannote segmentation ONNX is MIT; the Whisper ONNX model cards state no licence license: mit huggingface.co · pyannote-segmentation-3.0 ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use No, the code licence is non-commercial (older MIT releases stay MIT) You may use, modify, and share Rescript for noncommercial purposes only github.com · rescript#license ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required Edit video and audio like you edit text — fully offline, on your device. github.com · rescript#readme ↗ 1d ago

Hardware Uses WebGPU when available, WASM fallback otherwise; RAM not documented uses WebGPU for inference when available, falling back to WASM otherwise github.com · rescript#browser-support ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems macOS (Apple Silicon, Intel), Windows, Linux (AppImage, .deb), browser Desktop app — macOS, Windows, and Linux via Electron (signed + notarized on Mac) github.com · rescript#download ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Easy; download an installer or use the web app Prefer the browser? Use the web app — same editor, no install. github.com · rescript#download ↗ 1d ago