I like the idea but looks fishy at this point even if I did not look at the code or try it yet.
So many GitHub stars and not a single screenshot of it anywhere, not on GitHub, not on Google, not on the official webpage that just have a wait-list and their twitter Bash capcut with screenshots of capcut but none of opencutapp.
And I mean I wish something like that to succeed, but it doesn't look like that they have much to show for at the moment.
Follower count and activity looks about right. There's some screenshots there. I assume the star count is due to some amount of marketing.
eddythompson80 · 48m ago
The project is 3 weeks old with mainly 1 guy. I’m curious how you get (legit/organic) 17k start and 3k twitter followers for a 3 week old project presumably while I’m busy with it.
I know buying stars and followers is pretty straight forward.
xnx · 1h ago
I really like the idea of an open source alternative to CapCut, but the project is currently very far from the ease-of-use that makess CapCut one of my favorite editors on Windows.
Very few casual desktop CapCut users are going to get past the prerequisits of instal "Bun, Docker and Docker Compose, and Node.js"
Blender, Shotcut, OpenShot, or Kdenlive are probably the better open source video editor options right now.
> You probably use CapCut and think your video editing is special. You think your fucking TikTok with 47 transitions and 12 different fonts is going to get you some viral fame. You think loading up every goddamn effect in their library makes your content better. Wrong, motherfucker.
I know this edgy style appeals to some people, but it’s a quick way to alienate most users. Nothing screams “this project is not for you” like copy that feels like it was targeted at impressing someone’s friends in an edgy Discord, not actual potential users.
Although I don’t think this project is trying to appeal to a general audience with the level of technical expertise required to even begin to use it.
pram · 31m ago
I kinda wonder why ByteDance charges for anything in CapCut at all, considering it would make sense to make it as easy and cheap as possible to get more slop on TikTok?
Aurornis · 23m ago
Simple: They charge because people pay for it.
It’s the back door way to collect money from content creators and businesses. Most of the people I know who were using CapCut either had their employers pay for it or had some way to tax deduct it as part of their creator activities.
Paying $20/month on top of an actual business is usually trivial, especially if it saves someone time or improves quality of the content.
The TikTok slop posts aren’t spending any time perfecting their edits. They’re mass producing content as rapidly as they can from phone camera to TikTok
You often end up doing this to please the linting deities.
They want to make sure you call out dependencies. It annoys me alot when you know they won't change. And if they do (some reference change on render)... well that's just a footgun of React and I argue this doesnt help.
another_twist · 40m ago
I think this is the one which detects dependencies of closure. react-hooks/exhaustive-deps is the rule I think.
Makes sense. A few years back, a stale closure bug consumed two full working days and one full night for me.
tonyhart7 · 14m ago
so its a dumb technology or noo???
madeofpalk · 9m ago
All technology is dumb. The trick is recognising in which ways its dumb.
Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop, but what's CapCut?
nateb2022 · 1h ago
CapCut is one of several low-barrier video editing apps generally geared towards content creators/ people targeting Instagram reels, TikTok, and short video platforms.
edit: I am genuinely curious about spam prevention on HN. What systems we got working against fraudulent actors?
nateb2022 · 1h ago
Considering the previous posts never got more than 2 points, I didn't think reposting it would be an issue.
I am not a fraudulent actor (not sure what basis there is for that accusation) and generally post things I come across. OpenCut was in my GitHub feed today, seemed like it could be useful to others, ergo I shared it.
Reposts aren't really moderated unless the previous posts were highly updated/commented and recent.
TheObviousOne · 2h ago
Beside the spam issue...Does the repo legit, though?
rtaylorgarlock · 2h ago
Wifey is an influencer and semi-dependent on capcut (features the mobile instagram vid editor doesn't offer), so I'm quite interested in quality 'simple' timeline-style editors. Testing is on my list, though repeat submissions to HN does NOT move it up my todo list.
limagnolia · 1h ago
Different accounts doing the submitting- could be the same person, but might not be too. Also, HN guidelines don't really discourage duplicate submissions, and in some cases, HN moderators are known to encourage re-submission.
echelon · 1h ago
Why are you upset that the author resubmitted? The last posts got no traction at all.
A post getting two submissions twice does not make this a re-post. Nobody on earth saw the previous submissions.
It's permissible for folks to submit posts a few times until they actually get noticed or dang steps in to tell them to stop. The author is doing things exactly as the rules permit.
If you've learned from your wife's social media career, you know that you often have to keep trying in order to pick up traction. The algorithm requires signal.
So many GitHub stars and not a single screenshot of it anywhere, not on GitHub, not on Google, not on the official webpage that just have a wait-list and their twitter Bash capcut with screenshots of capcut but none of opencutapp.
And I mean I wish something like that to succeed, but it doesn't look like that they have much to show for at the moment.
Follower count and activity looks about right. There's some screenshots there. I assume the star count is due to some amount of marketing.
I know buying stars and followers is pretty straight forward.
Very few casual desktop CapCut users are going to get past the prerequisits of instal "Bun, Docker and Docker Compose, and Node.js"
Blender, Shotcut, OpenShot, or Kdenlive are probably the better open source video editor options right now.
Well then.
I know this edgy style appeals to some people, but it’s a quick way to alienate most users. Nothing screams “this project is not for you” like copy that feels like it was targeted at impressing someone’s friends in an edgy Discord, not actual potential users.
Although I don’t think this project is trying to appeal to a general audience with the level of technical expertise required to even begin to use it.
It’s the back door way to collect money from content creators and businesses. Most of the people I know who were using CapCut either had their employers pay for it or had some way to tax deduct it as part of their creator activities.
Paying $20/month on top of an actual business is usually trivial, especially if it saves someone time or improves quality of the content.
The TikTok slop posts aren’t spending any time perfecting their edits. They’re mass producing content as rapidly as they can from phone camera to TikTok
Also if you love the F word read this file: https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr...
Thats a weird bit of code. If the function changes execute it ?
Ref: https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr...
They want to make sure you call out dependencies. It annoys me alot when you know they won't change. And if they do (some reference change on render)... well that's just a footgun of React and I argue this doesnt help.
Makes sense. A few years back, a stale closure bug consumed two full working days and one full night for me.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44355853
edit: I am genuinely curious about spam prevention on HN. What systems we got working against fraudulent actors?
I am not a fraudulent actor (not sure what basis there is for that accusation) and generally post things I come across. OpenCut was in my GitHub feed today, seemed like it could be useful to others, ergo I shared it.
A post getting two submissions twice does not make this a re-post. Nobody on earth saw the previous submissions.
It's permissible for folks to submit posts a few times until they actually get noticed or dang steps in to tell them to stop. The author is doing things exactly as the rules permit.
If you've learned from your wife's social media career, you know that you often have to keep trying in order to pick up traction. The algorithm requires signal.
https://kdenlive.org/