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shardreel
Guides

Guides

Task-based how-tos for everyday use.

Create a job

Sources, clip lengths, transcription and encoding options.

Layouts and facecam

Blur, crop, facecam and fit, and how to mark your webcam.

Captions and hooks

Word-by-word captions and the hook banner.

AI ranking

Gemini, OpenRouter, LM Studio and Ollama.

The env file

Keep API keys in ~/.clipforge/.env.

Re-render a job

Try a new layout without redoing the analysis.

URL downloads

The download progress bar and where files go.

Free disk space

Clear downloads, caches, uploads and models.

Getting started

Clone the open-source repo, install the requirements, build shardreel and run your first job on your Mac.

Create a job

Choose a source and set clip, transcription and encoding options.