02Crate · Creators and builders making talking-head and launch videos

Cutgraph Studio

Edit video by editing text.

A local, transcript-driven video editor for Windows: cut the words and the video follows. Transcription, editing and rendering run on your machine.

Status: Developer previewv0.2.0 · WindowsLanes: Free to useMake it yours

PriceFree · download now (developer preview)

Download v0.2 on GitHub (opens another site)Visit cutgraph.app (opens another site)

01What it is

The problem it solves

Timeline and keyframe editing is slow for talking-head videos, and cloud text-based editors upload your footage and meter your minutes.

Who it's for

Creators making talking-head videos, explainers and first videos
Builders recording launch videos who like to inspect the internals
Anyone who would rather not upload their footage

02What's in the crate

Packing list

The script is the timeline
Strike a word and the picture and sound cut with it. Board, Timeline and Source views show the same story.
Transcription on your machine
Word-level transcription runs locally (English; CPU or NVIDIA GPU) and lays the footage out into titled scenes.
Cues anchored to words
Drop B-roll, graphics, music and sound effects onto a word; they move when the words move.
Motion and captions
Layouts, camera moves, graphic templates and burned-in captions — preview and export share one drawing engine.
Export for every format
YouTube 16:9, 4K, Shorts and Reels 9:16 and square, several at once, through ffmpeg.
An Assistant that only proposes
Optional, with your own Anthropic key: it plans scenes and finds filler words. It proposes; you decide.

03How to get it

Download the developer preview.

Download the Windows installer from the public GitHub releases.
The installer is unsigned during the developer preview, so Windows asks you to confirm.
Edit locally — no account, no upload, no meter.
Read the source, file issues and follow the changelog.

Download v0.2 on GitHub (opens another site)Visit cutgraph.app (opens another site)

Windows 11 with an NVIDIA GPU is the tested platform; Linux is best-effort and macOS is unsupported. Expect rough edges in a developer preview.

04Price & license

What it costs, and what you can do with it.

Studio — the local editorFreedeveloper preview
Cloud and Pro packsNo price yetplanned

Spec sheet

License: Fair Source · FSL-1.1-ALv2 → Apache-2.0 after 2 years
Platform: Windows 11 (tested with NVIDIA)
Runs: Locally — no account, no media upload
Source: github.com/cutgraph/cutgraph

Fair Source under FSL-1.1-ALv2: source-available now, and each version becomes Apache-2.0 two years after release. Cloud and Pro packs are planned, not available. The only possible bill today is your own Anthropic usage if you switch the Assistant on.

05Make it yours

Want Cutgraph Studio shaped to your business?

Need branded templates, a custom export pipeline, or transcript-driven editing inside your own workflow? Analytical Ants can build on Cutgraph for you.

Analytical Solutions builds and owns the platform. Analytical Ants, our sister company, does the custom work. Licensing, white-label and managed services differ in rights and fees, so they're confirmed per project.

Visit Analytical Ants (opens another site)Ask about Cutgraph Studio

Analytical Ants is a separate company that delivers client services.

Work order

Start from: Cutgraph Studio
The work: Custom templates, characters and layouts · Integration with your content workflow · Rights and costs confirmed per project
Done by: Analytical Ants
Terms: Confirmed per project

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