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xixihhhh/hotclip

A free, open-source AI clipping and livestream highlight tool that turns long videos, livestreams, and podcasts into viral vertical shorts. It runs 100% locally for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and other platforms—no watermark, no uploads.

What is hotclip?

Hotclip is a free, open-source AI tool that automatically clips long-form videos, livestream VODs, and podcasts into engaging 9:16 vertical shorts optimized for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Chinese platforms like Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, and Weixin Video Channel. It leverages AI to detect highlight moments, witty quotes, and emotional peaks by analyzing both video/audio content and live chat sentiment (like bullet comments/弹幕). Key features include automatic subtitle generation, horizontal-to-vertical cropping, and a fully local execution model—meaning no credits, no watermarks, and no content uploads to third-party servers. This tool is ideal for content creators, streamers, and editors who want to repurpose long content into viral short clips quickly and privately. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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What does hotclip do?

Free open-source AI clipping and livestream highlight tool: automatically clip long videos, livestream VODs, and podcasts into trending vertical shorts, ready to publish on Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, and Weixin Video Channel—AI detects highlight quotes, bullet comment heat for viral moments, adds auto subtitles, converts horizontal to vertical, runs locally with no watermark and no uploads. | A free open-source alternative to Opus Clip, 100% local: AI clips long videos and livestream VODs into viral 9:16 shorts for TikTok and YouTube Shorts. No credits, no watermark, no uploads. Windows, macOS, Linux.

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