KathaCut
Desktop app for Mac and Windows · Version 0.1.0
KathaCut turns a narration into a vertical 9:16 video. Add Hindi or any Devanagari captions, drop in images between the lines, and mix up to three audio tracks, with a live preview as you edit. Everything runs on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.
Apple silicon (M1 or newer) · macOS 11 or newer · 105 MB
SHA-256: cbdf8edceda1e0e84046121764b0d8da64e50510c286711d17d8ffa256a941b7
64-bit · Windows 10 or newer · 98 MB
SHA-256: a20c054aa41d68c0cb125974bdac80cf70fd370b3d9010aec562484b45ec6c65
All files and a combined checksum list are on the release page. To check a download, run shasum -a 256 <file> on Mac or certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256 on Windows and compare it with the value above.
What it does
- Live 9:16 preview with captions at the bottom of the frame.
- Timeline for captions, images and three audio tracks.
- Images fit the frame over a blurred copy, so nothing is cropped.
- Trim, split, fade and mix audio, with undo and redo.
- Quick half-size draft export, or a full 1080×1920 export.
How to install
- Mac: open the downloaded .dmg and drag KathaCut to Applications. The first time, right-click the app and choose Open, then Open again. macOS shows a warning because the app is not signed with an Apple developer certificate.
- Windows: run the installer. If SmartScreen says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway. The warning appears because the installer is not code-signed.
- In the app, choose File, then New Project, pick a folder, and pick your narration audio. To continue earlier work, choose Open Project.
Good to know
- The Mac build is for Apple silicon only. Intel Macs are not supported yet.
- Each project is a normal folder holding your audio, captions (.srt), image list and exported video. Back it up like any folder.
- Add your own images, or use ones you have the right to use. KathaCut does not supply any.
Privacy
KathaCut works offline. It has no accounts, analytics or ads, and your audio, images and videos stay in the project folder you choose.
Third-party software
KathaCut includes FFmpeg, a separate program it runs to mix audio and encode video. This build of FFmpeg is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Its source code is available from ffmpeg.org, and the build used here comes from the ffmpeg-static project. The licence texts are in the installed app, in the ffmpeg-static folder under its unpacked resources.
Captions use the Noto Sans Devanagari font (SIL Open Font Licence 1.1). The app runs on Electron (MIT licence) and includes its Chromium components.
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