Lazycut: A simple terminal video trimmer using FFmpeg

Source: Hacker News

lazycut

Terminal‑based video trimming tool. Mark in/out points and export trimmed clips with aspect‑ratio control.

Install

macOS

brew tap emin-ozata/homebrew-tap
brew install lazycut

Windows

Download the latest Windows binary from the releases page:

• lazycut_X.X.X_windows_amd64.zip

Extract and add to your PATH, or run directly.

Dependencies

• ffmpeg – winget install ffmpeg or download from ffmpeg.org
• chafa – install via Scoop: scoop install chafa

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/eminozata/lazycut.git
cd lazycut
go build
./lazycut video.mp4

Usage

lazycut 

Keyboard Shortcuts

Repeat counts work (e.g., 5l seeks forward 5 seconds).