Xclip
Desktop app to paste a social video URL (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit), trim a clip, reframe the crop, and blur or censor regions — exported as MP4 or GIF in seconds.
xclip
Desktop clipper that turns social video URLs into pasteable MP4/GIF clips in seconds.
Paste a video URL, trim a clip, and copy it to your clipboard — ready to paste straight into X, Discord, Slack, etc. Built as a small Tauri 2 + Svelte 5 desktop app for Windows.
The headline feature is Focus Tools: select a region on the video and either reframe the export crop to follow it, or render a moving overlay (highlight box, label, blur/censor, pixelate, spotlight) on top of the original framing. Tracking is manual, recorded mouse path, or auto.
Features
- Paste a video URL → downloads via
yt-dlp, plays in-app - Trim with
[/](or the inputs) - Export to MP4 or GIF at three quality presets
- Auto-copies the finished file to clipboard
- Focus Tools for following a subject on export:
- Reframe Camera — animate a crop to follow the subject; lock to 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9
- Highlight Box / Label Box — moving outline (and text) over the original frame
- Blur / Censor / Pixelate — moving privacy mask
- Spotlight — clear region with the rest dimmed
- Shape: Rectangle or Circle
- Three tracking methods: manual keyframes, record-mouse-path (with smoothing), and auto-track (stub on Windows)
- Timeline with keyframe markers, drag-select range, right-click delete
- Persistable Focus Tools defaults across clips
- Custom output folder + size estimate
Quick start
If you just want the app, grab the latest .msi or .exe installer from the Releases page.
For development setup see INSTALL.md.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Space |
Play / pause |
[ |
Set trim start to current time |
] |
Set trim end to current time |
Enter |
Export |
K |
Add keyframe at current time (Focus Tools enabled) |
Shift+K |
Delete selected keyframe |
, / . |
Previous / next keyframe |
R |
Toggle Record Path (or click+hold the focus box, then press R for hold-to-record) |
Delete / Backspace |
Delete keyframes in timeline range selection |
Esc |
Clear timeline range selection |
Tech stack
- Frontend: Svelte 5 (runes) + TypeScript + Vite
- Backend: Tauri 2 (Rust)
- Media: bundled
ffmpeg+ffprobe+yt-dlpas sidecar binaries
Project layout
src/ Svelte frontend
src/lib/focus/ Focus Tools utilities (types, interpolation, coords)
src/lib/Focus*.svelte Focus Tools UI (overlay, panel)
src/stores/ App state (clip + focus state with localStorage persistence)
src/bindings/tauri.ts Tauri command bindings
src-tauri/src/ Rust backend
src-tauri/src/focus/ Focus filter graph generator
src-tauri/binaries/ Sidecar binaries (NOT committed — see binaries/README.md)
.github/workflows/ CI: builds + auto-releases on tag push
License
MIT.
