Rescript – Edit videos like you edit text

Rescript is an open-source, transcript-based media editor. Drop in a video or audio file and it is transcribed locally with per-word timestamps and speaker labels.

- 🔒 Private by design — no server, no auth, no uploads; all media processing happens on-device
- 📝 Word-level editing — select words, press ⌫, the cut follows the text
- 📥 Import your own transcript — skip Whisper and edit with an SRT, VTT, or JSON caption file
- 🧹 Filler removal — one-click cut of "um", "uh", and similar fillers
- 🗣️ Speaker diarization — the transcript is grouped by speaker
- 🎬 Timeline — waveform, wordbar with draggable timing handles, Split,
cut regions, playhead; scroll to zoom, side-scroll to pan
- ✂️ Split & trim — blade clips at the playhead; drag clip edges to refine
cuts beyond word boundaries
- 🎯 Word timing — zoom in and drag a word's edges when ASR alignment is off
- 🔴 Cut edges — drag either edge of a cut to trim independently of Whisper
timestamps; double-click to reset
- ⚡ Live preview — playback skips your cuts in real time
- 📦 In-browser / desktop export — frame-accurate MP4 (video) or M4A (audio) with ffmpeg.wasm
- 🎧 Audio files — edit podcasts, voice notes, and interviews the same way as video
- 🖥️ Desktop app — macOS, Windows, and Linux via Electron (signed + notarized on Mac)