BaoCut is an AI video agent built around an editable video, not a one-shot MP4. It transcribes, subtitles, translates, dubs, cuts and animates, and every result lands in a timeline you can keep editing.
Bring your own agent engine
Claude Code and Codex CLI are validated end to end. Any Agent Client Protocol agent plugs in through the same driver.
Why BaoCut
If the second sentence of the translation is wrong, you shouldn’t have to start over. BaoCut keeps every change inside one editable video.
Transcripts, translations, subtitle layers, chapters, voice-overs and motion graphics live inside one editable video. SRT, MP4, audio and transcripts are exports of it.
Fix one subtitle line, swap one shot, redo one voice-over sentence. The agent edits that scope and reports a receipt of what changed.
You drag a clip, the agent rewrites a caption. Both go through the same commands, transactions and undo stack, so you can take over at any point.
The agent works inside an explicit scope, access mode and budget. Destructive actions ask first. Downloaded pages and transcripts are data, never instructions.
It reports what it measured, what it actually looked at, and what still needs a human ear. A failed check is reported as a failed check.
Scene · Translate and subtitle
Drop in a video and ask for a translation. The agent transcribes, translates and lays the subtitles out on the timeline; you review, fix a line, and export.
Word-level timing from a local model or an online API. Segments stream onto the timeline while the job runs.
Each translated sentence stays paired with its original, so you can read them side by side.
Original and translation sit on their own tracks under one style. Flip their order or add another language.
Click a translation to edit it yourself, or ask the agent to redo one sentence. It changes only that line.
MP4 with burned-in subtitles, or SRT and WebVTT files alongside it.
What it can do
Ask in plain language. The agent plans the work, runs the tools and puts every result on the timeline.
Local models (Whisper large-v3 / v3-turbo, Qwen3-ASR, MOSS with speaker diarization) or online APIs, with word-level timing. Segments stream into the timeline while the job runs.
Original, translated or bilingual subtitles. The agent translates sentence by sentence, and each video keeps its own subtitle style.
Translate, separate vocals from the background with HTDemucs, synthesize each sentence with a cloned or preset voice, and lay the new track on the timeline.
Remove filler words, long pauses, retakes and false starts on the timeline. The original media is never touched.
Chapters, summaries, titles, blog posts and shorts written from the timed transcript, with every claim traceable to a timestamp.
24 built-in templates for explainers, product launches, trailers, tutorials, data stories, kinetic typography and more.
Plan the script, synthesize the voice in one pass, then cut the picture to the narration.
The agent writes self-contained HTML compositions — lower thirds, big numbers, callouts, brand stingers — bakes the frames and places them on the timeline.
For shots that need a still: local Qwen-Image or an online provider.
MP4 with burned-in or sidecar subtitles, SRT and WebVTT, transcripts and audio stems.
A portable .baocut bundle reopens on another machine with the video, its documents and media versions, ready to keep editing.
Space
Space is a live view over the videos, assets and outputs in all your projects. Search, filter by project or status, and reopen anything in the editor to keep working on it.
Home
Home is where you work with the agent. Describe the video you want, drop in footage, or pick a template; each session can belong to a project, and its results open in the same editor.
Models
Capabilities — transcribe, speak, generate images, generate text, separate audio — are decoupled from providers. Run models on your own machine, point a capability at an API, or share one machine’s local models with others on your LAN. A usage ledger tracks cost per job.
Runs locally
Or connect
Made with BaoCut
Each preview was produced by BaoCut’s agent from the template’s own brief and exported from BaoCut. Pick one in Home, fill in the brief, and make it yours.
Introduce a new product with a reveal and a clear next step.
A fast-cut p5.js trailer with the mood of a long voyage and homecoming.
A tight motion graphics short that shows off motion design skills.
A warm, minimalist, typography-driven short made with JavaScript.
Turn a spreadsheet into a clear, intuitive story.
Bring an imagined place to life with cinematic motion.
Turn a document, a slide deck or a topic into an easy-to-follow video.
A high-energy arcade dance video: animated character plus rhythm game effects.
A short rendered entirely in code: forms and materials go from chaos to harmony.
A polished trailer for an original game that hooks viewers from the start.
Bring your characters and story to life in a short film.
Use code to make a satisfying animation of a ball breaking out of rings.
Show step by step how your software solves a problem.
Show a product's features and details in a clean showcase video.
Turn a screen recording or written steps into a clear how-to tutorial.
A rich montage with a late climax that shows off editing and coding skills.
Edit everyday footage into a vlog worth watching to the end.
Turn your product or service into a short promo that drives action.
Cut footage from an event into a highlight reel people will remember.
Use code to make a white-UI launch video for a fictional product.
How it works
Download the app for macOS or Windows. It bundles the Runtime and native workers, so you don’t need Node.js, Rust or a compiler.
Sign in to Claude Code or Codex CLI, or pick another supported engine. Install ffmpeg and ffprobe for media analysis and export.
“Transcribe this and add bilingual subtitles.” The agent works on the timeline, reports what it did, and you keep editing from there.
Four ways in, one Runtime
Every surface talks to the same local Runtime over the same protocol and edits the same video.
Home for working with the agent, Space for everything a project produced, and a full timeline editor with preview, undo and live captions.
A thin client for scripts and terminals. It emits JSON when piped, and exit codes tell you whether a person needs to act.
Your own agent — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others — drives BaoCut through the same tool catalog.
Open any video’s editor in the browser with a one-time link, so a remote agent can show you its work.
# teach your agent how to use BaoCut
$ baocut skill install
# wire BaoCut into your agent over MCP
$ baocut mcp install
# open a video’s editor in the browser
$ baocut web open --video <id>Download
Latest verified release v3.3.0 Build 67 Released Release notes
Apple Silicon · macOS 14+
Developer ID signed and notarized. Open the DMG and drag BaoCut into Applications.
v3.3.0
x64
CPU inference. Works on any x64 PC.
v3.3.0
NVIDIA
For NVIDIA GPUs supported by CUDA 13, starting with RTX 30 / Ampere.
v3.3.0
AMD · Intel
For Vulkan-capable AMD and Intel GPUs or older NVIDIA GPUs. Whisper uses the GPU; candle uses the CPU.
v3.3.0
ffmpeg and ffprobe on your PATH. They are not bundled.FAQ
A signed-in agent engine for agent features — Claude Code and Codex CLI are validated end to end — and ffmpeg / ffprobe for media analysis, transcription and export. Models can run locally or through providers you configure.
The Runtime and your projects live on your machine. What leaves it depends on your setup: the agent engine you connect (Claude Code, Codex CLI and so on) sends what the agent reads to its model provider, and a capability you point at an online API sends that provider the data the job needs. Local models keep their work on your machine.
Claude Code and Codex CLI are validated end to end. GitHub Copilot CLI, Pi and OpenCode are built in, and any Agent Client Protocol agent (Gemini CLI, Cursor Agent, Grok, Kimi Code, or one you add) plugs in through the same driver. Your own agent can also drive BaoCut over MCP or the CLI.
BaoCut is source-available under the BaoCut Community License. It permits commercial content creation and internal business use; commercializing BaoCut itself or its code needs a separate written license. The license text is authoritative.
Not as an installer. Linux works for source development with candle / whisper.cpp, but Linux packages and native release checks aren’t provided.
Yes. Export a portable .baocut bundle; it carries the video snapshot with all document and media versions and reopens on another machine for further editing.
Download BaoCut, connect the agent you already use, and tell it what you want.