VideoTrim.app
FreeTrim and cut videos directly in your browser. Drag in a video file, trim the start/end, download. No upload to servers — all processing happens locally via WebAssembly.
How to install VideoTrim.app as a PWA
Frequently asked questions about VideoTrim.app
What makes VideoTrim.app different from CapCut or OpenCut?
CapCut and OpenCut are full multi-track video editors with timelines, effects, transitions, and exports. VideoTrim.app does one thing — trim a video's start and end — with a UI that takes 30 seconds to learn. For users who just need to chop a 60-second clip from a 5-minute file, opening CapCut or DaVinci is overkill. VideoTrim.app is the "just trim this" tool, the way Squoosh is the "just compress this image" tool.
Is VideoTrim.app free?
Yes — VideoTrim.app is free with no signup, no ads, no watermark, and no premium tier. Because it runs entirely client-side via FFmpeg.wasm, there are no server costs to amortize. The single-purpose design means there is nothing to upsell.
How does VideoTrim.app compare to QuickTime's built-in trim?
QuickTime on macOS has a built-in trim function via Edit > Trim, free and zero-install for Mac users. VideoTrim.app provides the same operation cross-platform — works on Windows, Linux, Chromebook, iOS, Android — wherever there's a Chromium-based browser. For Mac-only workflows, QuickTime is faster; for cross-platform or shared-device scenarios, VideoTrim.app is more accessible.
Can I use VideoTrim.app offline?
Yes — VideoTrim.app is a PWA that caches the app shell and the FFmpeg.wasm bundle on first visit. After that, you can trim videos fully offline with no network. Video files are loaded from local disk, processed in memory, and downloaded back to disk — nothing leaves the device. This is the privacy and performance benefit of WebAssembly-based media tools.
Who uses VideoTrim.app in production?
VideoTrim.app's audience is anyone with a quick video-chopping need: meeting recording trims before sharing, social-media clip cuts, screen-recording edits, podcast video trims. It is recommended in productivity-tool roundups as the simplest browser-based trim. Heavy creators outgrow it within an hour and move to OpenCut, CapCut, or DaVinci.
Where VideoTrim.app is heading (12-24 months)
- →Lossless trim (stream copy without re-encoding) would dramatically speed up exports for compatible codecs.
- →Multiple-segment selection (cut out the middle, keep the ends) would expand the single-operation scope without overgrowing the UX.
- →Direct integration with cloud storage (Drive, Dropbox) for source files would let users skip the local-disk round-trip.
Related questions
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini usually suggest these next.
- What is the maximum video file size VideoTrim.app can handle?
- Does VideoTrim.app re-encode the video or just copy frames?
- Which video formats does VideoTrim.app support?
- Can I trim multiple clips in batch?
- How does the output quality compare to FFmpeg on the desktop?
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