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Donkey

by DonkeyCut

Donkey Cut is a free video editor that runs in the browser, with a multi-track timeline, captions, music and effects. It includes an AI assistant that edits through chat and can generate images, video, voiceovers and music.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
327
Licence
Apache-2.0
Runs on
A browser
Setup
Moderate
Language
TypeScript
Age
165 days

What you can do with it

  • Edit videos on a multi-track timeline with captions, music and effects
  • Describe a shot in chat and generate images, video, voiceovers or music
  • Record your screen onto the timeline and transcribe locally using the Mac companion app

Could replace

  • CapCut

CapCut Pro starts at £16.67 a month (billed annually, The page shows £199.99 a year for Pro, which is about £16.67 a month. Monthly billing is £21.99. The page says displayed prices are for reference only, and final pricing and taxes appear after sign-in, so I couldn't confirm whether VAT is included. Teams is cheaper per seat (£120 a year, about £10 a month) but needs at least 2 seats. I read the page through a summarising tool and a separate search showed USD prices, so check the figures at checkout.; source, checked 27 Oct 2026)

Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.

Make money with it

Offer short-form video editing and captioning to local businesses, using the AI assistant to speed up production.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Produce social media and product promo videos in house instead of paying for an editor or agency
  • Create voiceovers, music and AI-generated clips for adverts without hiring freelancers or buying stock footage

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Use the hosted editor in a browser, or run the Next.js site yourself with npm install, a Prisma database setup and npm run dev; the Mac app is built with Swift.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • Hosted AI generation and cloud storage are paid, using credits
  • Self-hosting needs a Supabase Postgres database and extra setup
  • Local transcription and screen recording work only on a Mac

Who's talking about it

Checked 29 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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