SynthCut
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SynthCut, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SynthCut's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No length limits · GPL-3.0-or-later |
The facts
Each one read from SynthCut's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automatic captions
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Editing workflow
- It lets an AI client import clips, edit timelines, generate captions, reframe footage, render previews, and export videos.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Human review
- The AI edits the same project shown in the desktop app, where users can inspect the timeline, preview results, and course-correct in plain language.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Windsurf as compatible clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- SynthCut is free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Local processing
- The maker says importing, editing, previews, captions, reframing, and exporting run on the user's machine; the Windows build includes FFmpeg and local models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- MCP tools
- SynthCut exposes 94 editing tools across 13 categories to MCP-compatible AI clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- SynthCut is an open-source desktop video editor operated by AI through MCP.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Silence removal
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Text-based editing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Timeline features
- The editor supports multi-track editing, trimming, splitting, reordering, transitions, fades, keyframes, text, captions, color, audio, proxy media, and export presets.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform availability
- Windows has an installer and portable zip; macOS and Linux can run from source with Node.js and FFmpeg, with packaged builds described as forthcoming.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Windows signing
- The maker says the Windows app is currently unsigned and may trigger a SmartScreen warning.checked 11 Oct 2026
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