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)