ReelsmithIntroducing Reelsmith, a Free Video Editor That Runs in Your Browser
Reelsmith brings a real multi-track editor — timeline, titles, transitions, color, audio and auto captions — to the browser, with no upload and no sign-up.
Most online video editors fall into one of two camps. Some are template apps: quick, but you can't really edit. Others upload your footage to a server, make you wait, and add a watermark unless you pay.
Reelsmith takes a different approach. It is a full non-linear editor — the kind of tool editors use every day — that runs entirely in your browser, on your own computer.
What you get
- A proper timeline with unlimited tracks, ripple and rolling edits, slip and slide, the razor tool and frame-accurate trimming.
- Titles that look designed: 3D, gradient and two-tone styles, plus word-by-word and letter-by-letter animations.
- 30 transitions, from a classic cross dissolve to whip pans, glitches and colourful shape wipes.
- Color grading with curves, color wheels and scopes.
- Audio tools: normalization, EQ, compression, noise gate, voice effects, sound effects and automatic music ducking.
- Auto captions in more than 20 languages, generated on your device.
- Fast export to MP4 or WebM, with presets for YouTube, Shorts, Reels, TikTok and Instagram.
Nothing to upload
When you import a video into Reelsmith, it stays where it is on your disk. Your browser reads it, shows it on the timeline and, when you export, writes a new file back to your computer. There is no upload queue, no file-size limit set by a server, and no copy of your footage anywhere else. We explain how this works in Why your videos never leave your computer.
Free, without the catch
There is no account to create and no watermark on your exports. Open reelsmithapp.com and start editing.
Where to start
- New to editing? Follow Your first edit in 5 minutes.
- Making short-form videos? Read How to make vertical videos for Shorts, Reels and TikTok.
- Want subtitles? See How to add subtitles to a video automatically.
Reelsmith is new, and it gets better with your feedback. If something doesn't work the way you expect, or you'd like a feature, tell us with Report a bug or Request a feature.