Keep the clips that matter.
The desktop media toolkit for creators. Back up your own uploads, keep Creative Commons and permitted videos for offline use, convert almost any file, and study what makes a thumbnail work. All on your own computer.
- 20+core features for saving, clipping and organising
- 45+video, audio, image and subtitle formats to convert between
- 4Kup to the best quality the source offers, with HDR info
- Zeroads or tracking. The work happens on your own PC
Why ClipJar
Built for people who make things.
Your videos live on platforms you don’t control. ClipJar gives creators, teachers and teams one calm, private place to keep a full-quality copy of their own work and openly licensed media, turn it into any format, and find it again in seconds.
Back up your channel
Keep a full-quality archive of everything you have published, with subtitles, chapters and cover art, in case an account or file is ever lost.
Teach offline
Save Creative Commons lectures and openly licensed lessons for classrooms with poor internet, with subtitles in two languages.
Work with permission
Collect client footage and approved references you have rights to, then trim, convert and hand them to the edit.
Rescue old footage
Turn camcorder tapes, DVDs and old phone clips into files that play on every screen today.
Study thumbnails
Analyse your own thumbnails, or any public image, and get a clear brief to make the next one better.
Stay private
No sign-up for the free plan, no ads, no tracking. History and settings stay on your own computer.
How it works
Paste. Choose. Keep.
Three steps, whether it is one clip or a whole playlist. Shortcuts make it even quicker.
Paste a link
Press Ctrl + V with a link to your own video, a Creative Commons one, or one you have permission to save. Paste a block of text and every link gets its own row.
Choose how
Video or audio only, quality, dubbed audio track, subtitles, a clip range, chapters, a device preset or a file-name pattern.
Keep it
Press Ctrl + Enter. Cover art and details are written into the file, and everything lands in History so you can find it again.
Inside ClipJar
Everything in one jar.
Five workspaces, one consistent design. Pick a tab to look around.
Exactly the file you want.
Fetch info shows the thumbnail, length, audio languages, subtitles and chapters before you commit to anything.
- Exact format picker. Every stream in a table: resolution, fps, HDR, codecs and size.
- Clip a section. Save just 1:20 to 3:45 instead of the whole video.
- Split by chapter. One file per chapter, with the full video kept.
- Device presets. WhatsApp (under 16 MB), iPhone and iPad, Instagram 9:16, small 480p.
- Playlist picker. Tick only the videos you want; they are numbered into their own folder.
Set it up, then walk away.
A real queue with per-row controls, so long lists look after themselves.
- Queue and batch paste. Pause, resume, retry, cancel or remove each row; run 1 to 5 at once.
- Clipboard watcher. Copy a link anywhere and ClipJar offers to download it.
- Schedule and speed limit. Start at 23:30 and cap the speed in KB/s.
- Watch your channels. Follow your own channel or playlist and each new upload is backed up for you.
- History and duplicate skip. Search, play, open the folder or download again; repeats are skipped.
Every language, done properly.
Built for learners, families and creators who work across languages.
- Dubbed audio tracks. Pick a language, or keep every dub as switchable tracks in one MKV.
- SRT subtitles. Any languages, auto-generated, embedded, or subtitles only.
- Bilingual subtitles. One file with the first language on top and the second below.
- Clean transcripts. A plain .txt without timestamps or repeated lines.
- AI subtitles and burned-in captions. Whisper runs on your PC for videos with no captions.
Any format to any format.
Rescue old camcorder, DVD and phone files, or shrink anything for sharing.
- Video, audio, images and subtitles. MP4, MKV, MOV, GIF, MP3, FLAC, WebP, SRT and many more.
- Old formats welcome. MTS, VOB, DV, RM/RMVB, WMV, AMR and friends; interlaced video is cleaned up.
- Fast copy. When streams already fit, they are copied in seconds with no quality loss.
- Batch and folders. Add a whole folder, trim, pick quality, and never overwrite a file.
Thumbnails, decoded.
Paste a video, channel or playlist link, or pick pictures from your PC, and get a designer-ready brief.
- Measures what matters. Palette, light, contrast, colour pop, clutter and where the eye lands.
- Phone-size check. See whether it still reads when it is tiny in a feed.
- Channel consistency. How well a channel’s thumbnails hold together as a set.
- Brief and AI prompt. What to keep, what to improve, and a prompt (plus negative prompt) for an AI image tool.
The details
Small things, done well.
The touches that make ClipJar feel finished, from the first launch to the hundredth download.
- 01
Cover art and metadata
Thumbnails embedded, MP3 album art, and title, channel, date and chapters written into the file.
- 02
Smart file naming
Presets like Channel / Date – Title, or your own pattern.
- 03
Preview player
Preview before you download and play finished files in the app.
- 04
Light and dark
A warm dark mode that can follow your system, with a branded title bar.
- 05
Native notifications
Windows toasts tell you when a download or conversion finishes.
- 06
One-click engine updates
ClipJar keeps its download engine fresh without a reinstall.
- 07
Keyboard first
Ctrl+V to paste, Ctrl+Enter to save, Ctrl+number to switch sections.
- 08
Safe by default
Link and folder checks, no overwrites, and leftover part-files cleaned up.
- 09
Branded installer
A proper Windows setup with ffmpeg included and a Start-menu shortcut.
- 10
Crash-safe
A single running window, plus a clear log if anything ever goes wrong.
- 11
Sharp at any scale
Tested at 100, 125 and 150% display scaling with nothing cut off.
- 12
Cross-platform
Windows, macOS and Linux from one codebase.
Converter
Old files, new life.
That box of camcorder clips, the DVD rips and the odd phone audio: ClipJar turns them into files that play everywhere today.
- Seconds, not minutes, when the streams can simply be copied.
- Careful retry when an old file confuses the fast way.
- Never overwrites an original.
New in 2.3 · Thumbnail Analyser
Know why a thumbnail works.
For creators and designers. ClipJar studies a thumbnail, or a whole channel’s worth, and writes a clear brief you can hand to a designer or an AI image tool. It runs on your PC with no paid service.
Roadmap
Always getting better.
ClipJar ships in steady, carefully tested releases. Here is what is out now and what is being built.
2.3
The full desktop app.
- Thumbnail Analyser with briefs and AI prompts
- Converter for 45+ formats
- Branded installers and title bar
- Dozens of polish fixes across the app
2.4
Hundreds of refinements, in drops.
- Smarter queue: filters, error details, auto-retry
- When finished: sleep, shut down or close
- Restore the queue after a restart
- Converter and History extras
2.5
ClipJar beyond the app window.
- Browser extension for Chrome and Edge, with Firefox coming: Download with ClipJar button, right-click menu and media list
- Site Grabber to collect files from a website with filters
- Download manager: multi-part resumable downloads, weekly timetable, speed by time of day and folders by type
- Creator insights: SEO score, tags, views per hour, channel comparison and a Research section
Features may change before release.
Privacy & responsibility
Your computer. Your files.
ClipJar is built to respect you and the people who make what you watch.
No sign-up to start
The free plan needs nothing. Paid plans unlock with a simple licence key.
Stays on your PC
Settings and history live in a local folder. AI subtitles and thumbnail analysis run on your machine.
Online only when needed
ClipJar connects to fetch what you ask for and to check for engine updates.
No ads, no bundles
No toolbars or extra software are slipped into the installer.
Please use ClipJar responsibly.
Only download videos you own, that are licensed for reuse (for example Creative Commons), or that you have permission to save. Downloading other content may break a platform’s terms of service and copyright law. ClipJar does not bypass DRM or other copy protection. Everyone accepts the ClipJar EULA when installing and on first start. ClipJar is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.
Pricing
Start free. Grow when you need to.
Simple plans for every kind of creator. Cancel any time, and your files are always yours.
Free
Everything you need to back up and convert your own work.
- Save up to 1080p, one at a time
- SRT subtitles and dubbed audio choice
- Converter for everyday formats
- History and smart file naming
- Light and dark themes
Pro
The full desktop toolkit for working creators and teachers.
- Everything in Free
- 4K and HDR, exact format picker
- Queue of up to 5 at once, schedule and speed limit
- Watch your channels for automatic backups
- Clip, chapters and device presets
- Bilingual, AI and burned-in subtitles
- Thumbnail Analyser with briefs and AI prompts
- Full converter with old formats and batch
Studio
For channels and teams that research, plan and work at volume.
- Everything in Pro
- Use on 3 computers
- Browser extension for Chrome and Edge (Firefox coming) (2.5)
- Creator insights: SEO score, tags, views per hour, channel comparison, Research section (2.5)
- Site Grabber and the download manager with resume and timetable (2.5)
- Priority support and early access to new features
Prices are in Indian rupees, plus 18% GST at checkout. US dollar amounts are approximate. Studio features marked 2.5 arrive with that release; Studio members get them automatically. Subscriptions renew until cancelled and are covered by the ClipJar EULA. Payments are non-refundable, so try the Free plan first.
Which computers does ClipJar run on?
Windows 10 and 11 have a ready-made installer. macOS and Linux are supported too; the macOS installer is on the way.
Do I need to install anything else?
No. The Windows installer includes everything, including ffmpeg for converting and merging. Optional add-ons bring AI subtitles and a built-in player.
What quality can I save?
Up to the best the source offers, including 4K and HDR where available, or audio only as MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV or Opus.
Does it collect my data?
No. There are no analytics and no ads, and the free plan needs no account. Your history and settings stay in a folder on your computer.
What happens when a site changes and downloads stop working?
Open Settings and choose Update now. ClipJar refreshes its download engine in one click, without a reinstall.
Is it legal to use ClipJar?
ClipJar is a tool, like a screen recorder or a browser. Using it for your own uploads, Creative Commons or public-domain media, or content you have written permission to save is the intended use. Saving other people’s copyrighted videos without permission can break a platform’s terms of service and copyright law, and is against the ClipJar EULA. ClipJar does not bypass DRM or copy protection.
How do I back up my own channel?
Paste your channel or playlist link, tick the videos you want, and ClipJar saves them in full quality with subtitles, chapters and cover art. Watch channels can then back up each new upload automatically.
Start your jar.
ClipJar is shared on request while we finish the next release. Tell us a little about how you will use it, for example backing up your channel or teaching offline, and we will send you the installer.
Windows
Windows 10 and 11. Full installer with ffmpeg included.
macOS
A branded .dmg installer is being prepared.
Linux
Runs from source with Python and ffmpeg.