capcut-cli

Independent, unofficial CLI to edit CapCut and JianYing (剪映) projects — subtitles, timing, speed, volume, templates, cut long-form to shorts. No API needed, reads draft_content.json and draft_info.json (剪映草稿) directly. Not affiliated with ByteDance.

★ 815 stars, verified 2026-10-02Category: Video Generation & EditingGitHub repository ↗

Independent, unofficial CLI to edit CapCut and JianYing (剪映) projects — subtitles, timing, speed, volume, templates, cut long-form to shorts. No API needed, reads draft_content.json and draft_info.json (剪映草稿) directly. Not affiliated with ByteDance.

Create and edit video with AI — generation, editing, and effects.

Key features

Good for

Stack & tags

Node.jsTypeScriptnpmWhisperFFmpegWebAssemblyMCPagent-skillsai-agentautomationcapcutcapcut-apicapcut-automationcapcut-editorcapcut-subtitles

Quick start

npm install -g capcut-cli
capcut doctor
capcut quickstart my-first --video clip.mp4 --srt captions.srt

From the project README on GitHub.

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