Now with AI Co-Pilot·Try the editor

The video editor
that respects your machine.

Artidor is a free, open-source video editor that runs entirely in your browser or on your desktop. No uploads, no paywalls, no "Pro" tier. Now with an AI co-pilot that learns how you edit.

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AI editing

Artidor editor — live screenshot of the running app

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Platforms (web / desktop / API)

MIT

License

AI Co-Pilot

Edit in plain English.
The editor does the rest.

Artidor's co-pilot speaks every command the editor speaks: split, trim, retime, keyframe, transition, color-grade, import, export. You describe the intent. It issues the tool calls.

Self-improving
Every cut, split, keyframe and effect you apply is logged. The co-pilot reads your last 20 edits and matches your pacing, easing, and pacing.
Style from a reference
Drop in a finished video. The extractor reads its cuts-per-minute, palette, motion energy and audio tempo, then imitates it on your timeline.
40+ tools, one model
Add tracks, change fps, drop captions, apply a cinematic grade, export to MP4 — all from the same chat box. The model picks the right tool for the job.

Artidor · AI Edit

live

Make a 60-second reel. Trim the longest clip, add captions, drop in a beat-synced zoom on every cut.

Got it. Trimming the long take, generating captions, then setting beat cuts at the strongest transients in the audio.

split_element·Long take @ 00:00:42ok

transcribe·Audio track · 47 segmentsok

upsert_keyframe·scale 1 → 1.08 at every cutok

update_element·Captions on 4 overlay tracksok

Now match the cut pacing of the reference video I attached earlier.

Reference was 48 cpm, soft fades. Re-cutting at 47 cpm with 180 ms crossfades and the same 35% warm-tone lift.

Style profile applied: 48 cpm · 0.6s avg shot · warm grade

Ask Artidor to edit, plan a motion graphic, or describe what you want…Send

What you get

The editor CapCut charges for — yours for free.

Every feature below is in the public repo today. The co-pilot, the compositor, the masking system, the timeline, the autosave. MIT-licensed. Forks welcome.

Local-first by design

Your media never leaves the device. Footage, projects, and AI models all run in your browser via WebCodecs and the Rust core compiled to WASM.

Web · Desktop · API

Same Rust core, three runtimes. Open a project in the browser, keep going on the desktop app, embed the editor in your own product via the API.

AI that you control

The co-pilot speaks to a local LLM by default (Ollama). Wire up OpenAI or Anthropic if you want frontier models — your keys, your data, your rules.

GPU-accelerated everywhere

WebGPU compositor, wgpu-powered effects pipeline, and Rust-side feather for masks. The same primitives run on Apple Silicon, NVIDIA, and AMD.

Compositing that doesn't fight you

Layered scenes, blend modes, masks with feather, real keyframes, audio waveforms with beat detection. The toolkit CapCut hides behind a paywall — yours for free.

Real undo, real autosave

Command-based history with ripple editing, bookmarks, and per-scene state. Autosave runs against local IndexedDB or your own Postgres — no cloud lock-in.

How it works

Three steps. No account. No upload bar.

Step 01

Drop your footage in

Drag video, audio and image files straight onto the canvas. Artidor indexes them in your browser's storage — nothing uploads anywhere.

Step 02

Edit (or ask the co-pilot)

Use the timeline, the inspector, the keyboard — or describe the edit in the AI panel. The co-pilot learns from your style as you work.

Step 03

Export to anything

Render to MP4, WebM, or GIF. The Rust-side scene builder keeps export quality identical to the live preview, with the option to keep your audio mix.

Mit-licensed. Always.

No "Pro" tier. No watermark. No expiry.

Artidor is built in public. Every release ships with the full feature set unlocked. If we ever charge for anything, we build a paid product that doesn't touch the editor.

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