Shortsify

Convert boring landscape videos to vertical, mobile-ready videos with zero effort.

What is this thing?

Ever recorded some awesome horizontal video but then realized you need a vertical format for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or whatever your fav brainrot scroller app is? Thought so.

It takes landscape videos and automatically edits them for mobile-friendly vertical platforms. No more cropping out important parts or dealing with those empty black bars of nothingness.

Features

• Convert landscape videos to 9:16 vertical format (more formats coming soon)
• Background blurring effect for a professional look
• Super simple UI. Literally just three buttons needed
• Progress tracking so you know when it'll be done
• No watermarks, no annoying logos, just your video
• Free and open source
• SOON: Batch processing for multiple videos at once
• SOON: Multiple conversion formats
• SOON: Multithreading support for faster processing
• SOON: Audio normalization for consistent sound levels
• SOON: Simple text overlay feature for adding captions or titles
• SOON: Customizable CTA overlay for things like "Like and Subscribe"
• SOON: Cancellation option so you can stop long-running processes

How it works

Shortsify uses FFmpeg under the hood to do some cool stuff:

1. Centers your original video
2. Creates a blurred BG from your video content
3. Keeps the original video/audio quality (up to 1080p for now)
4. Outputs a 1080x1920 video ready for uploading (customizable in the future)

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page
2. Run the installer
3. Follow the prompts (you can choose where to install it)
4. That's it.

Usage

1. Open Shortsify
2. Click "Select Video"
3. Pick a video file
4. Click "Process Video" and wait
5. The edited video will be saved and ready for upload

Building from source

So you want to build it yourself?:

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/rycid/shortsify.git

# Move into the directory
cd shortsify

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in dev mode
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

Requirements

• Some disk space
• A computer that isn't on its last legs

Known Issues

• No batch processing yet (on the todo list)
• No cancellation option (also on the todo list)

License

ISC License

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Made with... the slightest frustration at vertical video platforms.