Long videos in.
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ClipShip supports Windows 10 and 11, plus Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15 or newer. Linux is not supported.

On Windows, at least 16 GB RAM and an NVIDIA GPU are recommended for the smoothest experience, although CPU mode is available. On Mac, ClipShip uses Apple Metal and unified memory, then recommends a local model that fits the machine.

In Local AI mode, your video, transcript, clip selection, captions, and rendered exports stay on your computer. In optional API mode, the source video still stays local, but transcript text is sent directly to the AI provider selected by you. Finished clips only go online when you choose to post them.

In Local AI mode, transcription, clip finding, captions, face tracking, and rendering happen on your computer. Your videos never go to ClipShip's servers.

ClipShip does need internet for these specific things:

• First setup. Downloading the transcription engine, the local AI model, and the CUDA libraries on your first launch. After that, local processing no longer depends on a cloud compute service.
• Signing in. First time after install, ClipShip checks that you're a real licensed user with our server. This is anti-piracy, not a video upload. The check only sends your account email, a hardware fingerprint, and your license status. No video, no transcript, no clip content, ever.
• Daily license check. Trial and Pro access require one successful license verification inside each rolling 24-hour window. If that window expires while you are offline, reconnect and use Recheck. Free accounts can use the last verified verdict for up to 7 days.
• Switching devices. Moving your license between your laptop and desktop requires internet so we can deactivate the old machine and activate the new one. Done from inside the app, no email needed.
• Posting clips. Uploads to YouTube or wherever obviously need internet, and those uploads use your own platform account.
• Using a cloud AI key instead of the local AI. If you choose OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, or OpenRouter as your AI provider, that AI call goes over the internet. The bundled local AI option needs zero internet for AI work.

The source footage and local AI pipeline do not depend on cloud processing. The internet requirement is for setup, identity, licensing, optional API mode, updates, link imports, and publishing.

Because Windows SmartScreen flags any installer that hasn't been signed with an Extended Validation (EV) code-signing certificate. An EV certificate costs around $300 to $700 per year through certificate authorities like DigiCert or Sectigo, plus a hardware security token shipped to a verified business address.

I'm one person building ClipShip on my own. I haven't bought an EV cert yet because I'd rather put the money toward keeping the app local and the price low. The installer itself is signed with my own auto-updater key, which means future updates are cryptographically verified, but Windows doesn't recognise that signature as one of the major certificate authorities.

To install, click "More info" on the SmartScreen prompt, then "Run anyway". This is the same step you'd take for any indie or open-source Windows app that doesn't have an EV cert.

If I get enough sales to justify the cert, I'll buy one and the warning will disappear on future installs.

7-day money-back guarantee, one refund per device.

Email [email protected] within 7 days of purchase and we'll refund you. The refund usually hits your card in 3 to 5 business days.

The "one refund per device" rule is strict. If you've already been refunded on a specific computer under any email, that computer is permanently ineligible for another refund. This stops abuse of the refund window. Buying again from the same computer is still allowed, just not refunding again.

You choose. Pro is available for $5 per month to the first 50 paid subscribers, or at the $99 founder lifetime price for the first 100 lifetime customers. The lifetime price then becomes $149. Both unlock the same features with no usage caps or per-video charges. Founding subscribers keep the $5 rate for as long as their subscription remains active.

Yes. Every new install gets a 7-day free Pro trial, no credit card required. You get every Pro feature for those 7 days. After the trial, ClipShip downgrades to the free tier automatically and you can upgrade to Pro whenever you're ready.

The trial is one per computer. Just like refunds, the trial is bound to your hardware fingerprint, not your email. You can't reset it by signing up with a new email on the same machine. We do this so the free trial stays a real evaluation period instead of a free-forever loop.

A single ClipShip Pro license activates one computer at a time. If you want to switch to another computer, you can deactivate the old one and activate the new one yourself from inside the app, no need to email support. If you need to run ClipShip on a second computer permanently (laptop and desktop, for example), you can buy an extra device slot for a one-time fee.

To run the license check, ClipShip stores: your email, a Firebase user ID, a hardware fingerprint (hashed identifier for your computer), and your purchase status. That's it. We don't see your videos, your transcripts, your clip contents, or anything else.

If you ever want all of this deleted, email [email protected] and we'll wipe it within 24 hours.

So your video files don't have to leave your computer. A web app would mean uploading every video to our servers, which is exactly the thing competitors do and exactly the thing I wanted to avoid. Local processing means privacy, no upload time, no usage credits, and no bandwidth limits.

Email [email protected]. I read every message myself. Genuinely. Bug reports get prioritised, feature requests get added to the roadmap. There's no support ticket system, just my inbox.