Open-Source Tool for Automated Video Editing

Open-source AI video editing tool that turns raw footage into polished videos with auto cuts, color grading, subtitles, and animations—no timeline skills needed.

A couple of days ago, I came across an open-source project for automatic video editing. You just say to the AI: “Turn all this into a publishable video,” and it automatically removes filler words, adjusts colors, adds subtitles, and even creates animations.

It’s an open-source project called video-use. It hit the GitHub daily trending TOP 5 yesterday and has already earned 12,000 stars.

Anyone who creates content knows that editing is the most tedious part. The learning curve is steep, and it’s hard for ordinary people to get started. Even relatively simple tools like CapCut still require you to drag timelines and tweak parameters — you’re essentially “operating software” rather than “expressing creativity.”

That was until I discovered video-use.