AI & Agents
OpenChatCut
Last updated 2026-07-21 · benchmark measured 2026-10-31 — deterministic & reproducible
OpenChatCut is a free, open-source AI agent video editor controlled through conversation.
OpenChatCut at a glance
OpenChatCut is an AI agent video editor that lets video creators, content editors, filmmakers, and producers edit footage by describing the result they want in conversation.
Good for
- Creating a first cut of raw footage by describing pacing, captions, and music instead of manual editing
- Refining an AI-generated edit further using standard manual timeline controls
- Connecting your own AI model (such as Claude, Codex, or a custom agent) through MCP to control the editor
Pricing
Open-source edition is free (AGPL license). Pro is a separate proprietary desktop app with a 7-day trial; license keys available by email. No price is listed. AI model services are billbilled separately by their providers.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between the open-source edition and OpenChatCut Pro?
The open-source edition is free, public on GitHub, and can be used or modified under the AGPL license. Pro is a proprietary desktop editor with added features like transcript editing, recording, local models, and two-way MCP support.
Where are my projects and media files stored?
The material lists this as a common question answered in OpenChatCut's FAQ and docs, but does not state the answer itself.
Which AI models can I use, and are model costs included?
OpenChatCut is model-agnostic and supports connecting Claude, Codex, or custom agents via MCP, but both editions use AI model services that you configure and that are billed separately by those providers.
Can I undo or manually adjust what the AI agent does?
Yes, every AI action is reversible, and clips, captions, and sound stay on separate tracks that you can preview, drag, adjust, or undo at any time.
What can I export from OpenChatCut?
The material confirms export is supported as a final step in the editing workflow but does not specify which file formats are available.
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Legit.Show scored OpenChatCut 82/100 on 2026-10-31, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/openchatcut-com/2026-10-31
Is OpenChatCut production-ready?
Legit.Show scores OpenChatCut 82 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on OpenChatCut (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Privacy; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 69/100
- Accessibility — 93/100
- Security — 25/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 100/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 89/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 194 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image, canonical URL.
Who it's for
Video creators · Content editors · Filmmakers · Producers
Pricing
Free, open source, no paid plans
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from openchatcut.com's own website on 2026-07-21.
- Operator
- OpenChatCut, as named in openchatcut.com's terms, privacy page or footer.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-31.
Put together from public information, without OpenChatCut's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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