ClipFlow

Screen recording & assembly tool for Windows. Record screen regions, arrange clips on a timeline, add transitions between them, preview the result, and export to MP4.

Built with Tauri v2 (Rust) + React 19 + FFmpeg.

Doc précise générée :

Features

• Region capture — Select any screen area or record fullscreen, multi-monitor and HiDPI support
• Timeline — Drag & drop clips to reorder them
• 19 transitions — Fade, dissolve, slides, wipes, zoom, pixelize, iris, radial, smooth...
• Video preview — Fast low-quality render to check the result before exporting
• MP4 export — Full quality export with FFmpeg xfade transitions
• Watermark — Optional "ClipFlow" watermark on exported videos, toggleable
• Global hotkeys — F9 to record/stop, ESC to cancel
• Dark/Light theme — Toggle with persistence
• System notifications — Toast notification when export completes

Tech Stack

Layer	Tech
Desktop framework	Tauri v2
Backend	Rust
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Vite 7
Styling	TailwindCSS v4
State	Zustand
DnD	@dnd-kit
Video	FFmpeg (auto-downloaded via ffmpeg-sidecar)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18
• Rust >= 1.70
• Windows 10/11

Install & Run

git clone https://github.com/thomaslekieffre/ClipFlow.git
cd ClipFlow
npm install
npx tauri dev

FFmpeg is downloaded automatically on first launch.

Build for Production

npx tauri build

The installer will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
F9	Start / Stop recording
ESC	Cancel recording

Project Structure

src/                    # React frontend
  components/
    controls/           # RecordButton, StatusIndicator, ThemeToggle
    timeline/           # Timeline, SortableClipCard, TransitionIcon
    export/             # ExportButton
    preview/            # VideoPreview
    overlay/            # RegionOverlay
  stores/               # Zustand store
  lib/                  # Types, Tauri API wrapper

src-tauri/              # Rust backend
  src/
    capture/            # FFmpeg screen capture (gdigrab)
    recording/          # Recording state machine
    region/             # Region selection logic
    export/             # FFmpeg export with xfade transitions
    hotkeys.rs          # Global shortcuts (F9, ESC)
    commands.rs         # Tauri IPC commands
    types.rs            # Shared types
    state.rs            # App state

Author

Thomas Lekieffre — GitHub

License

MIT