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Cliparr
You are halfway through a film when a scene begs to be shared, and Cliparr is the self-hosted clip maker that turns moments from your Plex, Jellyfin, or local video library into shareable clips without opening a full video editor. Connect a media server and Cliparr follows live playback sessions automatically, so the scene you are watching is already loaded when you decide to keep it. Local video files open directly in the browser without being uploaded anywhere first. Mark the range, fine tune the start and end, then crop the frame freely or to a fixed aspect ratio with mouse or touch controls, which makes vertical clips for phones as easy as widescreen ones. Exports run entirely in your browser as video, audio only files, or GIFs, so the server never turns into a render box and the clip lands on the device you are using. Source details, artwork, and clip timing travel inside supported containers, keeping the exported file labelled with where it came from. Captions are a first class step: write your own subtitles, import an existing file, style the text, and burn it into the picture before export. Editor keyboard shortcuts, access control, and reverse proxy support round out a tool that fits into an existing media setup instead of replacing it. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
Benefits
- From Playback To Clip Fast
- Live session discovery follows what is playing on connected Plex and Jellyfin servers, so the moment you want to keep is already loaded in the editor.
- No Render Server Needed
- Exports run entirely in your browser as video, audio, or GIF, which keeps the media server free for streaming instead of tying it up transcoding clips.
- Subtitles Baked In Properly
- Write captions, import subtitle files, style the text, and burn it into the export, so shared clips stay understandable with the sound off anywhere.
- Your Library Stays Yours
- Local files open without uploads and everything runs on your own infrastructure, keeping personal media off third party clipping websites and their queues.
Features
- Live Session Discovery
- Connected Plex and Jellyfin servers report active playback, letting you jump from watching a scene to clipping it in one step.
- Trim And Crop Editor
- Fine tune clip ranges frame by frame, then crop freely or to preset aspect ratios using mouse or touch controls.
- Browser Based Exports
- Clips render locally in the browser to MP4, WebM, MOV, or MKV video, audio only formats, or animated GIF files.
- Subtitle Authoring
- Create captions in the editor or import subtitle files, style their appearance, and burn them permanently into exported clips.
- Embedded Clip Metadata
- Source details, artwork, and clip timing are written into supported video and audio containers so exports stay self describing.