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FunClip

FunASR-powered video transcription, subtitles and LLM-assisted clipping with a local Gradio UI.

★ 6.4k stars⑂ 756 forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

FunClip is an open-source clipping project by modelscope (modelscope/FunClip on GitHub). It has 6,379 GitHub stars and 756 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 8 October 2026.

GitHub stars
6,379
Forks
756
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
8 October 2026
Category
Clipping
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Clarify your clipping goal

    Gather the videos you want to transcribe or cut, and decide whether you need subtitles, speaker-specific clips or highlight reels.

  2. Clone and set up

    Clone the repo, create the documented Python 3.12 virtual environment and install the requirements.

  3. Configure the ASR model

    Pick a model — the default Paraformer pipeline, Fun-ASR-Nano, SenseVoice or the MOSS backend — and let the weights download.

  4. Clip your first video

    Launch the Gradio UI, upload a video, copy the transcript segments you want, and export the clip with subtitles.

// features

Why people love it

Industrial-grade ASR

Integrates Alibaba's Paraformer-Large, one of the best-performing open-source Chinese ASR models, plus Fun-ASR-Nano and SenseVoice options.

Hotword customization

Uses SeACo-Paraformer hotwords so names and domain terms you specify are recognized more accurately.

Speaker-aware clipping

The CAM++ speaker recognition model lets you clip the segments spoken by a specific speaker.

Text-based clipping workflow

Select the transcript text you want and FunClip cuts those segments, returning full-video SRT and target-segment SRT subtitles.

Local Gradio interface

Everything runs through a browser UI that you can host on your own server; no video leaves your machine unless you choose a cloud LLM gateway.

LLM-assisted clipping

Optional LLM integration helps pick and refine clip segments from the transcript.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Clone FunClip and create the documented Python environment.

    git clone https://github.com/modelscope/FunClip.git
    cd FunClip
    python3.12 -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate
  2. Install dependencies

    Install the Python requirements and verify the environment.

    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
    python -m pip check
  3. Launch the Gradio UI

    Start FunClip locally and open the interface in your browser.

    python funclip/launch.py
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains FunClip?

FunClip is a modelscope project, built on Alibaba's FunASR and Paraformer model family.

Is FunClip free?

The code is MIT licensed and free; the ASR model weights are downloaded separately and governed by the terms on their model pages.

Does it need a paid API key?

Core transcription and clipping run locally with downloaded open models — no key needed. Optional LLM gateways for assisted clipping use your own provider key.

How does it compare to Whisper-based clippers?

FunClip is built around Paraformer/FunASR, which is especially strong for Chinese speech, and adds hotwords and speaker-based clipping in one Gradio tool rather than a bare transcription script.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo, create the venv, install requirements, run python funclip/launch.py and upload a video.

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