Clipit

Desktop app for managing and sharing game clips. Organize recordings by game, trim videos, re-encode with hardware acceleration, and share via temporary public links.

Features

• Browse recordings organized by game title
• Video trimming with frame-accurate preview
• Hardware-accelerated encoding (NVIDIA NVENC, AMD VCE, Intel QSV)
• Temporary public sharing with Cloudflare tunnels
• Direct video uploads to Streamable
• Auto-updates via GitHub releases
• Cross-platform (Windows, Linux)

Installation

Download the latest release for your platform:

Windows: Run Clipit-Setup-X.X.X.exe Linux (AppImage): chmod +x Clipit-X.X.X.AppImage && ./Clipit-X.X.X.AppImage Linux (DEB): sudo dpkg -i clipit_X.X.X_amd64.deb

Development

Install dependencies

npm install

Download required binaries

npm run download-ffmpeg
npm run download-cloudflared

Run in development

npm run dev

Build for production

npm run build          # Current platform
npm run build:win      # Windows only
npm run build:linux    # Linux only

Builds are output to release/ directory.

Release Procedure

# Bump version (patch/minor/major)
npm version minor

# Set token if not permanent
$env:GH_TOKEN="ghp_your_token"

# Build and publish to GitHub
npm run publish:win

# Push changes
git push && git push --tags

This automatically uploads:

• Clipit-Setup-X.X.X.exe
• Clipit-Setup-X.X.X.exe.blockmap (for differential updates)
• latest.yml

The auto-updater will detect the new version.

GitHub Token Setup

Temporary (current session only):

$env:GH_TOKEN="ghp_your_github_token"

Permanent (survives restarts):

1. Press Win + R, type sysdm.cpl
2. Environment Variables → New User Variable
3. Name: GH_TOKEN, Value: ghp_your_token
4. Restart terminal

Get token at: https://github.com/settings/tokens (requires repo scope)

Tech Stack

• Electron + React + TypeScript
• FFmpeg for video processing
• Cloudflare Tunnel for sharing
• electron-builder for packaging

License

MIT