Clypra

Professional video editing—free and open source forever.

A modern video editor built on Tauri v2, React 19, and Rust with hardware-accelerated processing across desktop and mobile.

Features • Architecture • Installation • Development • Contributing

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Overview

Clypra is a free, open-source video editor (MIT License) with professional-grade features. Everything is 100% free and open source—no watermarks, no paywalls, no feature limits, and no subscriptions required.

Supported Platforms

• Desktop: macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows 10/11, Linux
• Mobile: iOS & Android (via Capacitor)

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Key Features

• 🎬 Multi-Track Timeline & Editing — Frame-accurate trimming, multi-layer track arrangement, and complete undo/redo history.
• ⚡ Hardware-Accelerated Engine — Sub-10ms decoding latency powered by native Rust, GPU decoding (VideoToolbox, D3D11VA, VAAPI), and FFmpeg.
• 🎵 High-Fidelity Audio & Waveforms — Real-time peak + RMS waveform rendering, frame-accurate AV sync, and clip volume controls.
• 🎨 Text & Visual Compositing — Custom text styling, animated overlays, filters, and real-time canvas previews.
• 📦 Multi-Format Import & Export — Support for MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, MP3, WAV, PNG, and high-quality ProRes/H.264 export.

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Architecture

Clypra is built with a native Rust/Tauri v2 core for hardware video operations, coupled with a React 19 frontend.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Frontend (React/TS)                     │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐  │
│  │  Timeline UI │  │ Preview Canvas│  │ Filmstrip Cache │  │
│  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬────────┘  └────────┬────────┘  │
│         └─────────────────┴────────────────────┘           │
│                           │                                │
│                    Tauri IPC Layer                         │
└───────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
┌───────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Backend (Rust/FFmpeg)                     │
│         ┌─────────────────┴──────────────────┐             │
│         │     Decoder Pool (LRU Cache)       │             │
│         │  (VideoToolbox / D3D11VA / VAAPI)  │             │
│         └─────────────┬────────────────────┬─┘             │
│         ┌─────────────▼────────┐  ┌────────▼──────────┐    │
│         │  Frame Decoder       │  │  Export Pipeline  │    │
│         └──────────────────────┘  └───────────────────┘    │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

For performance benchmarks and technical deep-dives, see PERFORMANCE-DESKTOP-ROADMAP.md.

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Installation

Download pre-built binaries from Latest Releases.

• macOS (Homebrew): brew install AIEraDev/tap/clypra or download Clypra-universal.dmg.
• Windows: Download and run Clypra-x64.msi.
• Linux: Download Clypra-x86_64.AppImage (chmod +x and run).

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Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ & npm
• Rust 1.70+ (rustup)
• FFmpeg 6.0+ with development headers

Quick Start

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/AIEraDev/clypra.git
cd clypra

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Setup environment variables
cp .env.example .env

# Run development mode
npm run tauri dev

Repository Structure

• src/ — React 19 + TypeScript frontend (UI, timeline, canvas renderer, Zustand state).
• src-tauri/ — Native Rust backend (FFmpeg decoder pool, hardware acceleration, Tauri IPC commands).

Scripts & Testing

npm test                 # Run frontend tests
cd src-tauri && cargo test # Run Rust backend tests
npx tsc --noEmit         # Type check
npm run format           # Format codebase

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Contributing & License

• Contributing: Contributions are welcome! Read CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines and code standards.
• License: Clypra is open source under the MIT License. FFmpeg dependencies are licensed under LGPL v2.1+.
• Sponsorship: Help sustain Clypra by sponsoring on GitHub Sponsors or reading SPONSORS.md.