● Coming Summer 2026 — free, no account needed
Clip your streams. Upload nothing.The editor on this page is real.
A full short-form video editor that runs 100% on your machine. No upload, no subscription, no watermark, no export traps.Drop a clip into the editor below and cut it — your footage never leaves this page. That's the whole product: a short-form video editor that runs 100% on your machine.
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01 — Editing
A full suite, built for short-form
Cut OBS recordings, Shadowplay clips, and stream VODs into Shorts and TikToks — multi-track timeline, effects, keyframes, and watermark-free export, all running locally.
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Multi-Track Timeline
Trim, split, snap, and layer clips across multiple tracks with typed lanes for video, overlays, and text.
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Vertical-First
9:16, 1:1, and 16:9 with TikTok safe-zone overlays. Built for short-form.
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Effects & Keyframes
Per-clip opacity, scale, rotation, color grading. Animate movement with position keyframes.
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Stickers & Templates
Giphy search, built-in stickers, reusable templates, and a library for AI-generated assets.
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Royalty-Free Export
WebM VP9/Opus default, hardware H.264 available. 1080p presets. No watermark.
02 — No lock-in
No subscription, no traps
You know the move: edit for an hour, hit Export, and that's when the watermark, the locked resolution, or the “Pro asset” upsell shows up. Klyssa doesn't do that — at the export button or anywhere else.
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No subscription, ever
The editor is free. There's no monthly plan to cancel and no Pro tier holding features hostage.
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No export traps
No watermark, no locked 1080p, no “premium asset” surprise when you hit Export. What you make is yours.
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No account needed to start
Download and edit with zero sign-up. An account is only needed for optional Klyssa credits.
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Pay only for optional AI
If you want AI, top up pay-as-you-go credits or plug in your own key. Never a subscription.
03 — Local-first
Why no upload?
Your footage is huge and it's already on your machine. Cloud editors make you push gigabytes up a pipe before you can make the first cut. Klyssa just opens the file.
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Start cutting instantly
Your recording is already on your disk. Open it and edit — no upload bar, no processing queue.
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No multi-gigabyte uploads
Gameplay recordings and stream VODs are huge. Klyssa edits them where they live instead of pushing them to a server.
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No per-minute cloud fees
Nothing renders on someone else's server, so nobody meters your timeline or charges by the minute.
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Private by default
Your footage never leaves your disk, and we don't track what you edit.
04 — How we compare
The only column that's all green
Cloud editors make you upload everything, charge monthly, and save the catch for the export screen. Free desktop editors don't trap you, but they aren't built for short-form.
| KlyssaThis app | Cloud AI editorsCapCut, Descript | Free desktop editorsKdenlive, DaVinci Resolve | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No subscription | Yes | No | Yes |
| No upload required (edit files where they are) | Yes | No | Yes |
| No watermark, no export traps | Yes | No | Yes |
| No account needed to start | Yes | No | Yes |
| Vertical / short-form first | Yes | Yes | No |
| Runs 100% locally | Yes | No | Yes |
| Optional AI: credits or bring your own key | Yes | No | No |
| AI assistant, captions and voiceover | Yes | Partial | Partial |
Comparison reflects typical 2026 free-tier configurations; desktop editor capabilities vary by version and plugins.
05 — Optional AI
AI on your terms, or not at all
If you want it, it's there — powered by pay-as-you-go Klyssa credits or your own OpenAI / OpenRouter key. Never a subscription. If you don't, the editor never asks.
- ai assistantEdit your timeline with natural language. The assistant reads your project and makes changes through tool-calls.
- ai image generationGenerate images and stickers from prompts directly into your media library.
- ai voiceoverText-to-speech narration in multiple voices, placed directly on your timeline.
- local ai captionsWhisper transcription running offline. Accurate, editable caption clips — no upload needed.
- background removalOn-device segmentation via ONNX + WebGPU. Real-time, no cloud processing.
Ready to edit on your terms?
Launching Summer 2026 — join the waitlist and be first in line.