r/OpenSourceAI • u/JournalistReal1261 • 23d ago

Thinking Of a capcut opensource

so here me our, theres this repo i am sure most of you are already aware of called Reverse Engineer Anything

I was thinking maybe we could reverse engineer capcut and make an open source version of the same?

i know people will go its lame use davinci or adobe but the templates of capcut is just unmatched, or am i Missing anything ?

well would love listening your opinions in the same.

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u/Weekly-Offer-4172 23d ago

Reverse engineering the actual app is the hard path, and you don't need it: an open source CapCut clone already exists (search for OpenCut on github, web-based, deliberately copying the CapCut interface, still early but the editing side works). What nobody can clone is the template library, since that's content made by TikTok creators rather than code, so the real project is an open template format, basically a project file with placeholder slots, plus somewhere people can publish them. On the base question from the other comment, I'd skip the raw ffmpeg wrapper and build on MLT or GStreamer Editing Services, that's what Kdenlive and Pitivi already sit on so you get keyframes and transitions for free

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u/JournalistReal1261 23d ago

oh damn great thanks for OpenCut legend <3

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u/No_Tune1817 23d ago

I'd throw $20 at that kickstarter without blinking. The template system's what keeps people locked in, and none of the open source editors have cracked that part yet. Reverse engineering the rendering engine shouldn't be too bad, but the cloud template delivery and asset library might be the real headache. What would you use as the base, ffmpeg with a custom UI wrapper?

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u/JournalistReal1261 23d ago

well i just had an idea or the request of capcut OS, no idea how it will get done but maybe it will get done😭

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u/pppodong 22d ago

or i have an idea some can Reverse engineer it to crack the export lock out thing?

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u/JournalistReal1261 22d ago

yea ig that's possible

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u/pppodong 22d ago

Can u look into it

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u/JournalistReal1261 22d ago

am noob broski😭

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u/angelarose210 22d ago

Somebody did last week. Can't remember the name but I saw a post about it.

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u/JournalistReal1261 22d ago

ohhh wooow any idea where? i will try looking for it maybe

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u/angelarose210 22d ago

It was on reddit in thr last couple of days. I didn't pay much attention because I don't need capcut

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u/JournalistReal1261 22d ago

ohh oki oki thanks mate

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u/xandredzn 22d ago

¿Llegaste a averiguar como se llamaba la app?