Reelsaw

Reelsaw is a self-hosted, AI-powered video clipper: paste a YouTube link or upload a video and it transcribes it, asks a language model for the most clippable moments, reframes the speaker into vertical 9:16 with face tracking, cuts fillers and burns in word-highlight captions. Open source (AGPL-3.0), any model provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Deepgram, or a local Ollama and Whisper), and an MCP server so agents can drive it. Deploy it on Dokploy with Docker Compose and a Postgres database in a few clicks.

Core Capabilities — What You Can Do With Reelsaw

Self-Hosted & Autonomous
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Core Functional Purpose — Reelsaw is a self-hosted, AI-powered video clipper: paste a YouTube link or upload a video and it transcribes it, asks a language model for the most clippable moments, reframes the speaker into vertical 9:16 with face tracking, cuts fillers and burns in word-highlight captions. Open source (AGPL-3.0), any model provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Deepgram, or a local Ollama and Whisper), and an MCP server so agents can drive it. Deploy it on Dokploy with Docker Compose and a Postgres database in a few clicks.
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Local & Private AI Orchestration — Run language models, vector embeddings, and autonomous agent workflows on private GPU/CPU instances.
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Zero-Data Leakage AI Pipeline — Prevent proprietary prompts, customer documents, and codebase tokens from being used for public model training.
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Extensible Agent Toolchains — Connect custom vector databases, internal APIs, and web search engines to augment model capabilities.
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Zero-Lockin Self-Hosted Autonomy — Retain 100% ownership of your infrastructure, database schemas, and application runtime.

System Specifications & Architecture

Platform NameReelsaw
Deployment ArchitectureDocker / Self-Hosted
Commercial AlternativeReplaces OpenAI Platform & Azure AI Studio
Primary Domainreelsaw.com
Ecosystem CategoryAI & Machine Learning
Arqify Architectural Score9.5 / 10
Cost Economics & TCO Analysis

Annual Infrastructure Savings vs OpenAI Platform & Azure AI Studio

Save ~98% per year
Team Scale / Active Seats:Team Member Accounts
10 Seats (Users)
Proprietary SaaS (OpenAI Platform & Azure AI Studio)
~$3,480 / yr
Based on ~$29/seat/mo billing
Hostinger KVM VPS Compute
$71.88 / yr
Flat NVMe VPS ($5.99/mo) • Unlimited Users
Net Annual Savings
+$3,408.12 / yr
98% Total Cost Reduction
Deploy on Hostinger ($5.99/mo)Partner promo code: Arqify
Need technical setup instructions or custom docker parameters?Official Reelsaw Deployment Guide

Technical Questions & Operational Answers

Yes. Reelsaw is an open-source AI & Machine Learning platform distributed under permissive open-source licenses. You can inspect its source code, modify it to fit your exact business workflows, and run it on your own servers without paying recurring user licenses.

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