nmbrthirteen/podcli

<p align="center"> <img src="public/podcli-logo-transparent.png" height="36" alt="podcli" /> </p> <p align="center"> <strong>Open-source AI podcast clipper.</strong><br/> Generate vertical clips with face tracking and burned-in captions. CLI, MCP server, and web app. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://podcli.com"><strong>podcli.com</strong></a> · <a href="#quick-start">Quick start</a> · <a href="#mcp-server-claude-integration">MCP</a> · <a href="#features">Features</a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/nmbrthirteen/podcli/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL--3.0-blue" alt="license: AGPL-3.0" /></a> <a href="https://github.com/nmbrthirteen/podcli/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nmbrthirteen/podcli?style=social&cacheSeconds=86400" alt="stars" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://x.com/nikasiradze_/status/2056061654664708570"> <img src="public/promo.gif" alt="Podcli demo" width="720" /> </a> </p> <p align="center">_{▶ <a href="https://x.com/nikasiradze_/status/2056061654664708570">Watch with sound on X</a>}</p>

./podcli process episode.mp4

One command transcribes, picks the best moments, crops to the face, and burns captions in. Nothing leaves your machine.

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What It Does

podcli takes a long-form podcast and turns it into a complete content operation:

Record episode
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Transcribe (Whisper, speaker detection)
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Find viral moments (Claude AI + audio energy + knowledge base)
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Render clips (9:16, captions, smart crop, normalized audio)
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Generate content package (titles, descriptions, thumbnails, SEO)    ← PodStack
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Publish with optimization checklist                                  ← PodStack
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Review performance                                                   ← PodStack

The first half is video processing — podcli's core engine. The second half is content workflow — pow