Rescript

A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs in-browser.

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okay this is somethings new and sounds good but can you tell on how much long video it will be work and how it will handle the resolution of video ?

@wassgha good to know, that covers most of what I'd throw at it. what happens past that range though, like a 3 hour raw interview file - does it degrade gracefully (slower but still works) or is there a hard point where the browser tab just gives up?

the local-first angle is the whole pitch here and it holds up. practical question since it's a single weekend build - if the tab crashes or you accidentally close it mid-edit, is there an autosave/project file sitting in browser storage you can recover from, or does that session's edit state just go with the tab? that's the kind of thing that doesn't matter until the one time it does

Running it fully in-browser is the interesting part. Does transcription happen client-side with something like WASM Whisper, or does it call out to an API? Curious how it holds up on a 60-minute video before the browser runs low on memory.

Editing by transcript is such a clever idea, and running it fully offline is a huge plus. One thing I'd love to see is a way to export with burned-in subtitles directly from the editor so the captions stay synced without needing a separate tool.

honestly the transcript-based editing is such a clever idea, but it would be really helpful if you could split a single speaker's turn into two clips without having to insert weird text. like a hotkey to cut mid-sentence right where the cursor is, kind of like hitting enter in a doc.

Editing video by tweaking the transcript sounds genuinely clever, especially the local-only angle. One thing that would make it way more useful for me though is multi-track support, since most real projects have narration, music and B-roll that need separate timing rather than living on one timeline.

Editing video by just fixing typos in the transcript feels like cheating in the best way. Loved that it runs offline with zero setup.

the transcript editing idea is honestly so smart, cut a sentence and the video just trims to match. loaded a clip and it ran fine without any setup.

Editing a transcript instead of a timeline is one of those ideas that feels obvious only after someone builds it. Keeping everything local makes the pitch much stronger for interviews and personal footage. And a weekend project that puts a real workflow on the table is more interesting than another polished roadmap.

Running fully in-browser is a strong differentiator for this category, since the thing that makes people hesitate about editing tools is uploading raw footage of themselves to someone else's server.

The tradeoff I'd want measured is where the tab gives up. Browser memory limits are real, and a 90-minute recording is a very different ask than a 5-minute one. Do you have a rough ceiling in practice? And does transcription run locally too, or does that step reach out — because if it does, the privacy story quietly changes for the part people care about most.

How do you handle longer videos or really dense transcripts in the browser? I'm curious if there's a practical file size limit before things start getting sluggish, since everything's running locally.

Transcript-based editing in the browser is a strong idea, especially with everything staying local.

How does Rescript handle edits beyond cuts, such as removing filler words or tightening pauses without making the final video feel unnatural?

love that this is a weekend project and fully local, that's a rare combo for video editing tools. curious how it holds up on longer source files though, like an hour long podcast recording. is the transcription and scrubbing still snappy on a mid-range laptop at that length, or does the in-browser part start to strain once the timeline gets long. either way nice work shipping this solo.

Some editing products reduce the video quality when we export the edited clip. Does this retain it as is?

So for example, if the video is in 4K, it exports back 4K, right?

Does it have all features of DeScript or only the transcript based editing feature?