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		xnx 86 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenCut: The open-source CapCut alternative I really like the idea of an open source alternative to CapCut, but the project is currently very far from the ease-of-use that makess CapCut one of my favorite editors on Windows. Very few casual desktop CapCut users are going to get past the prerequisits of instal "Bun, Docker and Docker Compose, and Node.js" Blender, Shotcut, OpenShot, or Kdenlive are probably the better open source video editor options right now.

codedokode 86 days ago [–]

> Very few casual desktop CapCut users are going to get past the prerequisits of instal "Bun, Docker and Docker Compose, and Node.js"

They just need to pack it as an single AppImage or Electron app. Bun and Docker are made for developers, not users.

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