Video Editing Python Packages

opentimelineio

Open Source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information.

transparent-background

This is a background removing tool powered by InSPyReNet (ACCV 2022)

pyjianyingdraft

轻量、灵活、易上手的Python剪映草稿生成及导出工具，构建全自动化视频剪辑/混剪流水线。本项目的CapCut版本正于 https://github.com/GuanYixuan/pyCapCut 内开发

auto-editor

Effort free video editing!

pycapcut

A lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-use Python tool for generating and exporting CapCut drafts to build fully automated video editing/remix pipelines! Another similar project: https://github.com/GuanYixuan/pyJianYingDraft

kinocut

Guardrailed video editing MCP server for AI agents. FFmpeg, Hyperframes, repurposing tools, Python client, and CLI. Local, fast, free.

proofcut

An AI video editor that proves its cuts. Your recordings to a finished, mastered film, cut by transcript, on your own machine, by you or an agent. Every render is checked against the edit.

mcp-video

Guardrailed video editing MCP server for AI agents. FFmpeg, Hyperframes, repurposing tools, Python client, and CLI. Local, fast, free.

videopython

Python video editing with JSON plans, local AI, and MCP tools.

backgroundremover

Background Remover lets you Remove Background from images and video using AI with a simple command line interface that is free and open source.

mcp-maestro

MCP server for end-to-end AI video production with Maestro through Ace Data Cloud.

fcp-mcp-server

MCP server for Final Cut Pro XML. Lets Claude read, edit and generate real timelines: cut detection, markers, roles, transcript-based editing. Published on PyPI as fcp-mcp-server.

mlx-gen

Generative image and video runtimes for Apple Silicon (MLX): text/image-to-image, instruction editing, masked edit, text/image/reference-to-video, video editing, and restoration.

movielite

Performance-focused Python video editing library. Alternative to MoviePy, powered by Numba.

dcc-mcp-premiere

Adobe Premiere Pro MCP adapter for AI agents to manage projects and media, edit timelines and markers, save copies and export frames through typed UXP tools in the DCC-MCP ecosystem.

capcut

Independent, unofficial CLI to edit CapCut and JianYing (剪映) projects — subtitles, timing, speed, volume, templates, cut long-form to shorts. No API needed, reads draft_content.json and draft_info.json (剪映草稿) directly. Not affiliated with ByteDance.

dgenerate

dgenerate is a scriptable command line tool (and library) for generating images and animation sequences using stable diffusion and related techniques, with an accompanying GUI scripting environment.

dcc-mcp-kdenlive

Kdenlive MCP adapter for AI agents to author project files, edit timelines, manage media and subtitles, and render with MLT through typed tools in the DCC-MCP ecosystem.

dvr

DaVinci Resolve CLI, Python library, and MCP server. Automate editing, color, and rendering with LLM-friendly tools for AI agents (Claude, Cursor), declarative specs, and structured JSON output. No more silent None returns.

vedit-mcp

Tell an AI to edit your video and watch it happen. A real non-linear editor with a timeline, plus 83 tools an agent can call over MCP — works with Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Runs locally on a deterministic ffmpeg engine.

ctktrimslider

A video trim slider widget for customtkinter

ffswak

A Python command-line wrapper for FFmpeg video editing, transitions, stabilization, and HEVC encoding

ae-ffmpeg

Effort free video editing!

fframes-py

Typed Python bindings for fframes video rendering