Cut the ums from the transcript
Remove filler words or tighten long pauses from the transcript in one click. Each cut is previewed before it lands.
AI video editing with Claude Code and Codex.
Rushilo is a video editor for Mac and Windows that your own AI drives. Connect Claude Code or Codex, select a clip, and describe the edit. Review every change on a visible timeline.
One-time payment. No subscription, no renewals, no credits.
Claude
ChatGPT and CodexWorks with your Claude Code or Codex subscription, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or your own API keys
Rushilo / Launch video
Media
intro.mov
coast-b-roll.mov
trail.mov
outro.mov
Import mediaWe drove out before sunrise
Play00:04 / 00:18
Agent
Claude CodeTighten the intro and add captions
Used rushilo_edit: intro trimmed to 00:03
Captions transcribed with Whisper on this computer
Done. The intro is 3 seconds shorter and all six lines are captioned. Undo either change from the history.
Select clips, then say what to change
00:0000:0300:0600:0900:1200:1500:18
Video
Text
We drove outbefore sunriseto catch the lightover the ridgeand the coastjust woke up
Audio
Say the edit, watch it land
Select a clip and type what should change. Claude Code or Codex makes the edit on your timeline while you watch.
Captions without a cloud bill
Whisper transcribes on your computer, line by line, and the captions drop onto the timeline.
Plan the cut before you make it
Pin clips, notes and an agent chat on one board, then have the agent build the cut from it.
Your keys, your bill
Add OpenAI, Groq, ElevenLabs or Gemini keys for voice, images and transcription. They stay in your keychain.
Illustrative walkthrough of Rushilo. Footage and projects are examples.
Set up in three steps
- 1
Install Rushilo
Download the Mac or Windows app and sign in once to activate it on 1, 3 or 5 computers.
- 2
Connect your agent
Paste one command into Claude Code or Codex, or add Rushilo to Claude Desktop or Cursor. Rushilo shows you exactly what to copy.
- 3
Select and say
Pick a clip, a frame or a stretch of the timeline and describe the change. The agent edits while you watch, and every change can be undone.
Rushilo / Connect agent
Connect your agent
Rushilo works with the AI you already use. Once connected, it can see your timeline, look at frames and edit while you watch.
Claude Code
CopiedRun this once in a terminal:
claude mcp add rushilo --scope user --env ... -- ".../Rushilo" ".../mcp"
Codex
CopyAdd this to ~/.codex/config.toml:
[mcp_servers.rushilo]
Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP apps
CopyAdd this to the app's MCP settings:
{ "mcpServers": { "rushilo": { ... } } }
Edit video with Claude Code or Codex
Rushilo / Launch video
Media
intro.mov
coast-b-roll.mov
trail.mov
outro.mov
Import mediaWe drove out before sunrise
Play00:04 / 00:18
Agent
Claude CodeTighten the intro and add captions
Used rushilo_edit: intro trimmed to 00:03
Captions transcribed with Whisper on this computer
Done. The intro is 3 seconds shorter and all six lines are captioned. Undo either change from the history.
Select clips, then say what to change
00:0000:0300:0600:0900:1200:1500:18
Video
Text
We drove outbefore sunriseto catch the lightover the ridgeand the coastjust woke up
Audio
Select, then say what to change.
Highlight a clip or a stretch of the timeline and type the edit. Claude Code or Codex makes it through Rushilo's own tools, and every step shows in the agent panel.
Screen recording with auto zoom
Rushilo / Product demo
Publish
00:42PauseStop
00:0000:1000:2000:3000:4000:50
Screen
screen.mp4
Camera
Zoom 1.8x, follow
Mic
Screen recording
PermissionsWhat to record
ScreenWindowArea
Free16:94:31:19:16
Camera and sound
Camera
FaceTime HD Camera
Microphone
MacBook Pro Microphone
Record computer sound
Record
Record your screen, get a polished demo.
Record a screen, a window or an area with your camera, mic and computer sound on Mac. Rushilo zooms in where you click, smooths the cursor and frames it on a backdrop, so the recording is close to done before you edit.
On-device captions and transcript editing
Rushilo / Launch video
Media
trail.mov
Note
Open on the product, not the logo. Keep the cut under 30 seconds.
Image, OpenAI
Title card background, soft aurora
Voiceover, ElevenLabs
intro-voice.mp3, 00:06
Chat
Plan a 30 second cut from these and use the voiceover
Open on the trail shot, cut to the product at 00:04, end on the field. Want me to build it on the timeline?
Claude Code
Plan on the board, cut on the timeline, caption in place.
Pin clips, notes and an agent chat on one board, build the cut, then caption it with Whisper running on your computer. Edit the transcript to remove filler words and tighten pauses.
Upload straight to YouTube
Rushilo / Product launch
Upload to YouTube
Your channelTitle
How we cut onboarding from 9 steps to 3
Description
A two minute walkthrough of the new setup, recorded in Rushilo.
Privacy
PrivateUnlistedPublic
Release
Fri 09:00
Uploading from this computer64%
Export and publish in one step.
Sign in with Google once, then send the finished video to your channel from the Export dialog with its title, description, tags, privacy and an optional scheduled release. The upload goes from your computer to YouTube, never through our servers, and an agent can only upload after you say yes.
A desktop video editor with your own AI accounts
Rushilo / Settings
Your AI keys
Stored in your system keychain. Calls go straight to the provider.
OpenAISaved
Transcription, voice and images
sk-...............................a41f
GroqNot set
Transcription
Paste a key
ElevenLabsSaved
Voice
sk-...............................a41f
GeminiNot set
Transcription, voice and images
Paste a key
On this computer
Whisper base
Captions, no key needed
Usage
No credits and no Rushilo bill. Your Claude, ChatGPT or provider account pays for what you use.
CreditsNone
TelemetryOff, always
ProjectsOn your disk
Your files, your keys, your bill.
Projects and media stay on your disk and keys sit in your system keychain. No credits and no telemetry: OpenAI, Groq, ElevenLabs or Google Gemini bill you directly.
Edit and review
Say it, see it, take it back.
Undo a whole turn
Every agent turn ends with a list of what it changed in plain words. Keep it, or press Undo and the project goes back to how it was, as one step.
Captions made on your computer
Whisper runs on your Mac or PC, so captions need no key and no upload. Fix any line by hand, then add them to the timeline.
Zoom follows your clicks
Screen recordings zoom in where you click and the cursor is smoothed, so a demo reads clearly before you touch the timeline.
Ship it
Every size, your channel, your disk.
One edit, every size
Switch the project to vertical, square or 4:5 and each clip is reframed by a crop window that can follow the recorded cursor.
Upload asks you first
Your agent can fill in the title, description and privacy, but Rushilo stops and asks you before anything goes to your YouTube channel. Uploads go from your computer straight to YouTube.
No credits, ever
Rushilo ships no AI. Your Claude Code or Codex plan, or your own API keys, pay for what you use, at the provider's price.
Your media never leaves
Projects and footage stay on your disk. Rushilo checks your licence and looks for updates, and talks to YouTube only when you ask. No telemetry.
Built for people who ship video
Creators
Cut shorts and long videos with captions and voice, directed in plain words.
Marketers
Turn one product video into every size and variant a campaign needs.
Founders
Ship demo videos and launch images without hiring an editor.
Agencies
Run client edits on your own AI accounts, with no per-seat AI fees.
From the beta
Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 18 reviews. What our beta testers told us after editing their own videos with Rushilo, lightly edited for length.
Rushilo handles the first cut so I can sit down to a video that's mostly there.
I lose my train of thought a lot on camera, and cutting all of that out was the part I dreaded. Now Rushilo does the first pass with Claude and I sit down to something that's mostly there.
Charlie Phillips
@charlie.w.p
Rushilo trims the pauses so I can spend my time picking the takes.
Cutting the same awkward pause over and over is the bit I hand off to Rushilo now. I still decide what stays, then check the timeline after and fix anything I don't like.
apemoneyjay
@apemoneyjay
Rushilo lets me undo anything so I can try edits I'd never bother with by hand.
Some edits sounded great in my head and looked off in the preview. I undo it in Rushilo, tell the agent what I actually meant and it tries again. So I end up trying stuff I wouldn't bother with by hand.
Jake Lucas English
@Jake_English
Rushilo lets the agent that built the feature cut the demo too.
Went straight from building the feature to editing the screen recording of it in Rushilo. Same agent, different job. The demo got done while I still remembered what I wanted to show.
Anna Codes
@AnnaCodesStuff
Rushilo gives me a rough cut so I never stare at a blank timeline.
Give me a blank timeline and I'll go do literally anything else. Give me a rough cut from Rushilo to react to and I'll happily sit there moving clips around.
Tochi Buildz
@TochiBuildz
Rushilo handles the first cut so I can sit down to a video that's mostly there.
I lose my train of thought a lot on camera, and cutting all of that out was the part I dreaded. Now Rushilo does the first pass with Claude and I sit down to something that's mostly there.
Charlie Phillips
@charlie.w.p
Rushilo trims the pauses so I can spend my time picking the takes.
Cutting the same awkward pause over and over is the bit I hand off to Rushilo now. I still decide what stays, then check the timeline after and fix anything I don't like.
apemoneyjay
@apemoneyjay
Rushilo lets me undo anything so I can try edits I'd never bother with by hand.
Some edits sounded great in my head and looked off in the preview. I undo it in Rushilo, tell the agent what I actually meant and it tries again. So I end up trying stuff I wouldn't bother with by hand.
Jake Lucas English
@Jake_English
Rushilo lets the agent that built the feature cut the demo too.
Went straight from building the feature to editing the screen recording of it in Rushilo. Same agent, different job. The demo got done while I still remembered what I wanted to show.
Anna Codes
@AnnaCodesStuff
Rushilo gives me a rough cut so I never stare at a blank timeline.
Give me a blank timeline and I'll go do literally anything else. Give me a rough cut from Rushilo to react to and I'll happily sit there moving clips around.
Tochi Buildz
@TochiBuildz
Rushilo turns captions from the part I give up on into the part I just check.
Rushilo runs the transcript on my own computer, I fix the odd word and it stays with the project. I still read the whole thing before I export though. Names always come out weird.
hoff._world
@hoff._world
Rushilo shows me every cut so I can nudge one and hand it back.
I can see every cut the agent made in Rushilo, nudge one myself, then hand it back and keep going. That back and forth is the bit I like most.
Zane AI
@zanexai
Rushilo lets me highlight the part I mean so I can stop explaining which pause.
Select a section, ask for a tighter cut right there. No more trying to explain which pause I'm talking about. Tiny thing, but I use it constantly.
DK MXCHEL
@dkmxchel6571
Rushilo finds the dead air so my demo gets to the point.
Half of it is me waiting for something to load. Editing from the transcript in Rushilo makes all that easy to find and cut. Then I watch it back to make sure I didn't rush the explanation.
Sam Vrable
@samvrable
Rushilo keeps my footage on my laptop and runs on the AI I already pay for.
Everything's right there when I come back to a project. And Rushilo runs on the AI account I already pay for, so there's no other credits to keep track of.
erin ireland
@erinirelandd
Rushilo turns captions from the part I give up on into the part I just check.
Rushilo runs the transcript on my own computer, I fix the odd word and it stays with the project. I still read the whole thing before I export though. Names always come out weird.
hoff._world
@hoff._world
Rushilo shows me every cut so I can nudge one and hand it back.
I can see every cut the agent made in Rushilo, nudge one myself, then hand it back and keep going. That back and forth is the bit I like most.
Zane AI
@zanexai
Rushilo lets me highlight the part I mean so I can stop explaining which pause.
Select a section, ask for a tighter cut right there. No more trying to explain which pause I'm talking about. Tiny thing, but I use it constantly.
DK MXCHEL
@dkmxchel6571
Rushilo finds the dead air so my demo gets to the point.
Half of it is me waiting for something to load. Editing from the transcript in Rushilo makes all that easy to find and cut. Then I watch it back to make sure I didn't rush the explanation.
Sam Vrable
@samvrable
Rushilo keeps my footage on my laptop and runs on the AI I already pay for.
Everything's right there when I come back to a project. And Rushilo runs on the AI account I already pay for, so there's no other credits to keep track of.
erin ireland
@erinirelandd
Pay once. Own it for life.
Rushilo
One licence for up to 3 computers
$29Regular price $99
One-time payment, no subscription
- Activate on up to 3 computers
- Pay once and keep it. No subscription
- Mac and Windows
- Move to a new computer anytime from the Devices page
- Includes updates, every feature included
- Bring your own AI, no credits
- Full teleprompter, unlimited scripts
Payments handled securely by Stripe. AI subscriptions and API usage are paid separately.
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Version 1.3.1, updated October 17, 2026
Rushilo updates itself in the background. New versions install when you restart.
Questions
What is Rushilo?
Rushilo is a desktop video and image editor for Mac and Windows that your own AI drives. You connect Claude Code, Codex or another MCP client, and it edits on your computer.
What is the best video editor for Claude Code?
Claude Code cannot play or render video itself, so it needs an editor it can operate. Rushilo is built for that: a desktop editor for Mac and Windows that runs your installed Claude Code in its agent panel and exposes each edit as a local MCP tool, so Claude trims, splits, captions and exports on a timeline you can see and undo. DaVinci Resolve 21.1 also has an MCP connection.
What is the best AI video editor without a subscription?
Rushilo starts at $19, paid once, for 1, 3 or 5 computers, with no renewals and no AI credits. It ships no AI of its own: editing runs on the Claude Code or Codex plan you already have, or on your own API keys, which are paid separately to that provider.
Can ChatGPT edit videos?
Not inside the chat window. Codex, OpenAI's coding agent in the ChatGPT desktop app and the Codex CLI, can edit video by driving a desktop editor over MCP. Rushilo runs your installed Codex in its agent panel, so it trims, captions and exports on a visible timeline using your ChatGPT plan.
What video editing software is a one-time purchase?
Rushilo starts at $19, paid once, for video editing with your own AI, Final Cut Pro has a $299.99 standalone Mac purchase, and DaVinci Resolve Studio is $295, with a free edition of Resolve available. A one-time purchase does not always include every future update or cloud feature.
What is the best AI video editor that keeps files on your computer?
Rushilo keeps projects and media on your disk, stores API keys in your system keychain, has no telemetry and can make Whisper captions on your computer after a one-time model download. The AI you connect, such as Claude Code or Codex, still receives the inputs it needs for each request you make.
Does it work with Claude Code and Codex?
Yes. Rushilo runs your installed Claude Code or Codex in its agent panel, and other MCP clients such as Cursor or Claude Desktop can connect to its local MCP server.
Can Claude Code or Codex edit my existing video footage?
Yes. In Rushilo, your connected agent can trim and split clips, edit the transcript, add captions and export video, with changes visible on the timeline and available to undo.
Can Rushilo record my screen?
Yes, on Mac. Record a screen, a window or an area with your camera, mic and computer sound. Rushilo zooms in on your clicks, smooths the cursor and can add a backdrop, a camera bubble and blur over private details. Screen recording is Mac only.
Does Rushilo generate captions without a cloud API?
Yes, Whisper captions run on your computer after a one-time model download. Rushilo burns captions into the exported video and can also save them as SRT or VTT subtitle files.
Can Rushilo upload to YouTube?
Yes. Sign in with your Google account once, then upload a finished video to your own channel from the Export dialog, with title, description, tags, privacy and an optional scheduled release. The video goes from your computer straight to YouTube, and Rushilo asks before any agent uploads for you.
Is Rushilo available for Mac and Windows?
Yes, Rushilo is a desktop app for macOS and Windows. A one-time licence, from $19, covers 1, 3 or 5 computers, and AI subscriptions or provider usage are paid separately.
Is it a subscription?
No. Rushilo starts at $19, paid once, with no renewals or AI credits; your agent subscription or API provider usage is paid separately.
Do my files or keys leave my computer?
Rushilo stores projects and media on your disk and API keys in your system keychain. Connected AI providers receive the inputs needed for your requests; licence activation, on-device model downloads and app updates also use the network.
How many computers can I use it on?
Your licence covers 1, 3 or 5 computers, depending on the plan you pick. You can free a slot from the Devices page in your account.
Why does Windows show a warning when I install it?
The Windows installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn you the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
Your AI, your editor, your computer.
Rushilo for Mac and Windows. From $19 once, yours for life.