What it does
Video-subtitle-remover finds subtitles that are printed into a video's picture ("hard" subtitles) and removes them. AI then fills in the area where the text was, so the result looks like the original scene without the words.
You can tell it exactly where the subtitles are, or let it remove all text across the whole video. It can also batch-process images to remove text-style watermarks.
Its makers say it works locally on your computer and does not need any third-party online service.
Who it's for
People editing or re-using their own videos who need to remove on-screen text, such as video editors and translators.
Can I use it without coding?
With some setup. There are ready-made Windows packages with a simple window to use it, but you must unpack them and pick the right one for your graphics card. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Computer
- Works best on a powerful computer or one with a graphics card (GPU)
- Privacy
- Runs on your own device: your data stays with you
- API key
- Not needed
Try it
- Download the ready-made package for your computer from the project's releases page.
- Choose the CPU package, or the one that matches your graphics card, then unpack it and run it.
- Open a video, mark where the subtitles are if you want, and start the removal.
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page or the official download page above. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- License (Apache-2.0): Permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
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