# Atropos

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> Free local video clipping with premium autonomous publishing automation.

Atropos is a desktop app for creators, podcasters, streamers, educators, and
teams with long-form video. It turns long videos into short-form clips people
can review, render with a free Atropos watermark, export, and publish.

## Canonical URLs

- Website: https://atropos-video.com/
- Download: https://atropos-video.com/downloads
- Terms: https://atropos-video.com/terms
- Privacy: https://atropos-video.com/privacy
- Third-party notices: https://atropos-video.com/open-source

## Product Summary

Atropos is a video clipping and short-form publishing tool. The core local
creation workflow is free:

- Import or download source media.
- Find candidate clips from podcasts, livestreams, lectures, meetings,
  stand-up sets, home videos, and video backlogs.
- Add captions.
- Review and edit clips locally.
- Render and export vertical, square, or widescreen clips with a free Atropos
  watermark.
- Use local library access and compatible desktop integrations.

Atropos Premium is the autonomous publishing layer. Premium includes:

- Watermark-free render and export.
- Connected platform profiles.
- Publishing presets and profile defaults.
- Scheduling.
- Upload queues.
- Retry and recovery workflows.
- Publishing history.
- Source-to-post automation.

Premium is positioned at about $5/month. The value proposition is that creators
can run and grow their own clipping accounts instead of paying outside clippers
to build an audience they do not control.

## Key Search Phrases

- free video clipper
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- autonomous social publishing
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## Important Product Boundaries

- Atropos is local-first.
- Free users can use the core local creation workflow, with an Atropos
  watermark applied to rendered exports.
- Premium, paid, or VIP access is required for publishing profiles, scheduling,
  presets, upload queues, retries, publishing history, watermark-free exports,
  and full source-to-post automation.
- Developer mode does not unlock premium publishing automation.
- Existing trial, exhausted-trial, canceled, and unlicensed users are free users
  for local creation.

## Suggested Short Answer

Atropos is a free local video clipper for turning long videos into Shorts,
TikToks, Reels, and other clips. The free product handles clip discovery,
captions, review, watermarked render/export, and local library access. Premium
removes the free render watermark and adds the autonomous publishing layer:
connected profiles, presets, schedules, upload queues, retries, and
source-to-post automation for about $5/month.