Local clipping
Your episode stays on the licensed Mac or PC. We do not upload it to cut the Shorts.
Learn moreFor creators who cut on their own computer
One long video in. A month of Shorts out.
- Works on your Mac or Windows PC, not in a browser tab.
- Your source video stays with you. We do not take it to clip.
- $199 once. Bring your own OpenAI key. No monthly credits.
Buy on Gumroad · $199 $199 once · 7 calendar days refund · Mac & Windows
70+ Shorts live
Cut for Founder Whispers on this app
Under $1 in OpenAI
for that full catalog
70+
Shorts from one channel
Runs on your computer
Local install · Mac & Windows
Made for people who already shoot the long cut.
Most AI clippers ask you to upload the episode and rent credits by the month. Clippingli installs on your computer. You choose the moments, then leave with the vertical file and the caption copy ready to post.
Smart Review
See ranked moments, captions, and social copy before you export. You stay in charge of what goes live.
Learn moreYour OpenAI key
You pay OpenAI at their list prices. Clippingli does not add a markup on tokens.
Learn moreBatch and Library
Line up more than one job. Keep finished clips on this computer and export again when you need to.
Learn more
70+
Shorts published
One channel
From a long episode to Shorts you can post today.
Paste a YouTube link or drop a file from your drive. The app finds moments on this computer, you approve them, and the export gives you the vertical clip plus the text to paste under it.
See the stepsThe same screens that ship in the installers.
Create, review, batch, and export. These are real Mac and Windows windows from the app, not a phone mockup dressed up for a landing page.
Create on this computer
Paste a link or drop a file
Clear workflow
Paste, set the frame, run the job. Built for people who already edit for a living.
Ranked moments
Smart Review scores the cuts so you spend time on the ones worth posting.
Honest AI billing
OpenAI bills your key. We do not resell minutes or hide a credit meter.
Your files stay yours
The source is not sent to Clippingli for clipping. You keep the long cut where you keep it now.
Three steps. One computer. Nothing to cancel later.
Open a step to see what happens. The images next to it are from the installed app.
Bring in the long video
Paste a YouTube URL or drop a file from your drive. Choose vertical or square and a caption style before the job starts. The source stays on this computer.
Review the cuts yourself
The app finds moments with your OpenAI key at list price. Smart Review ranks them so you approve what goes out, the way you would in any edit bay.
Export the Short and the copy
Download the vertical file with captions and a caption block ready to paste. Come back later and export again without starting from scratch.
Is there a subscription?
No. $199 once, then unlimited local jobs. The only ongoing cost is your own OpenAI usage.
What if it is not for me?
7 calendar days to request a refund after checkout on Gumroad.
Runs on your machineMac or Windows installers. Not a browser tab.
Source stays localWe do not take the long cut to clip it.
You approve the cutsSmart Review ranks. You decide what ships.
$199 onceUnlimited local jobs. Your OpenAI key at list price.
Clips already cut with this app.
Founder Whispers is a YouTube Shorts channel we produce on Clippingli. Watch a few, then decide if the same tool belongs on your computer.
More than 70 Shorts from one catalog, cut on the same desktop app you can buy today.
Founder Whispers YouTube ShortsUnder a dollar in OpenAI for that catalog. You pay OpenAI. We do not mark the tokens up.
What it cost to cut OpenAI list pricesThe long video never left the licensed computer. Clipping here is not an upload to someone else’s cloud.
How the work runs Mac and Windows
MacWindowsYouTubeOpenAIGumroadShorts
Generate ideas before you consume
Familiar is not the same as understood
The person who runs AI agents
A look inside the app.
Create, review, library, batch, and export. Same build that arrives with the Mac and Windows installers.
One clear price. No clipping meter.
Pay once for the license. Checkout is on Gumroad. Installers, license checks, and updates are included. 7 calendar days refund if it is not the right fit.
Included
Create
On your licensed computer See the step- YouTube URL or a local file
- Vertical or square frame
- Caption style before you run
- Source stays on this machine
Included
Review
Your OpenAI key See the screen- Ranked clip suggestions
- Captions on the Short
- Caption copy ready to paste
- OpenAI at their list prices
Included
Library
Batch and re-export Product details- Queue more than one job
- Finished clips stay local
- Re-export without starting over
- Mac and Windows installers
The license
$199
Once. Unlimited local jobs. Buy now- Mac and Windows installers
- License checks and in-app updates
- One computer at a time
- 7 calendar days refund
A typical cloud clipper lists around $29 a month before overage. One 60-minute episode a week at public list prices is about $348 a year. Compare with the free calculator.
Built for your machine
Keep the long cut where you already store it.
- Unlimited local jobs after you activate.
- You bring the OpenAI key. We do not sell minutes.
- Mac and Windows installers after checkout.
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September 9, 2026Mac
Apple Silicon or Intel · macOS 12+
Windows
64-bit Windows 10 or 11
Memory
8 GB RAM min · 15 GB free
Not supported
Phones, tablets, Linux, Windows on ARM
Ready when you are
Cut Shorts on the computer that already holds your long videos.
Buy on Gumroad · $199 $199 once · 7 calendar days refund · Mac & Windows
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