Autonomous video clipper. 100% on your machine.

One long video.
Only the good parts.

Hooky scans hours of long-form podcasts and interviews, extracts high-retention hooks with Gemini AI, synchronizes animated captions via Whisper, and renders 9:16 vertical clips locally.

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MIT licensed · macOS, Windows & Linux · Zero subscription

hooky / web-studio 98 virality score

You don’t need more content.
You need better moments.

Active speaker

Viral hook candidate #100:14:08 — 00:14:42 (+34s)

$0No subscription or caps

100%Local video rendering

3xReframing modes

∞Unlimited minutes

The autonomous pipeline

Under the hood of
the Hooky engine

Six automated stages from raw YouTube link to broadcast-ready 9:16 Shorts with burned animated subtitles. Click any stage to inspect the execution telemetry.

Stage 01 of 06

Channel Radar and Ingestion

Monitor favorite creator channels or provide direct YouTube URLs and local video files. Hooky tracks view velocity to pick winning videos automatically, with zero database overhead.

yt-dlpView velocitychannels.txtlinks.txt

Engine telemetry100% local

[radar] Scanning @hubermanlab (min_views=250000) [radar] Discovered: "How to Optimize Dopamine" (1.4M views, +42k/day) [intake] Downloaded 1080p source stream to .hooky-state/sources/ [status] Source validated: duration=01:42:18, audio=48kHz stereo

Engine capabilities

Built for creators,
studios and automators

Everything you need to run high-volume clipping workflows without paying SaaS subscriptions or exposing your raw video footage.

Visual Web Studio Cockpit

Run a local browser control room. Preview hook candidates, toggle framing modes, fine-nudge cut points by ±0.5s, and edit settings in real time.

Autonomous Batch Automation

Feed channel handles into channels.txt and walk away. Hooky discovers viral videos, extracts hooks, burns subtitles, and outputs clips while you sleep.

100% On-Device Privacy

Your raw video footage never touches a third-party cloud. Only lightweight text transcripts are sent to Gemini for hook selection. Zero cloud leaks.

Kinetic Animated Subtitles

Powered by an Advanced SubStation Alpha (ASS) engine. Words highlight in real time in Hormozi, Clean, and Cyber Yellow presets.

Crash-Proof Resumable Render

Power outage or interrupted render? The cutter saves frame progress in render_state.json and resumes encoding without restarting from zero.

Anti-Ban Social Queue

Durable queue with OS file locks, randomized 60 to 120 minute cooldown jitter, scheduled time windows, and uncertainty safeguards to avoid double-posts.

Local Web Cockpit

The real studio.
Running on your machine.

An autonomous control portal served at http://127.0.0.1:8000. Inspect AI-detected hooks, fine-tune cut boundaries, monitor creator channels, and export vertical 9:16 reels with zero cloud dependencies.

Interactive Hook Workbench — Dual 9:16 Canvas Simulator & Speech Pause Boundary Trimmerhttp://127.0.0.1:8000

Local-first by design

“Your raw footage belongs on your machine.”

Hooky sends only transcript text for semantic analysis. Video processing, caption rendering, and final exports stay with you.

A better default

Software you own.
Not another tab you rent.

Cloud video tools add queues, caps, and an expensive monthly bill. Hooky uses the hardware already on your desk.

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CapabilityHookyCloud tools

Monthly cost $0, forever$19–99 / month

Processing 100% on your machineUploaded to third-party cloud

Usage limits Unlimited video minutes60–200 min / month credit caps

Watermarks None, everWatermarked on free plans

Interface options Web studio + Headless CLIBrowser cloud only

Crash recovery Frame-level checkpoint resumeFull upload restart

Quick docs and commands

Run from terminal
or launch the studio

Hooky provides a unified CLI and Web Studio. Inspect common commands below or view the complete documentation manual.

All-in-one launcher. Auto-verifies FFmpeg & uv, syncs environment, and opens Web Studio in your browser.

./main.sh

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Get started

Your first clip is
one command away

Clone the repo, run the single-command launcher, and Hooky installs all prerequisites and opens the Web Studio in your browser.

Terminal~/projects

$git clone https://github.com/pranav256/Hooky.git

$cd Hooky && ./main.sh

Auto-detects OS: macOS/Linux uses ./main.sh, Windows uses .\main.ps1.

One long video.Only the good parts.

Under the hood ofthe Hooky engine