ClipthesisPersonal media asset management for video creators

Index, organise, and find your footage — fast.

Index Any Drive

Plug in an SD card, SSD, or NAS — Clipthesis scans for videos, photos, RAW stills, and audio, extracts metadata, and generates thumbnails automatically. Watched drives re-index themselves when files change on disk.

iPhone Import

Plug in your iPhone or iPad over USB and it becomes your import source — browse the roll in the Import grid, see what's new since last time, and transfer originals straight to your drive. macOS only.

Tags & Collections

Organise clips with tags, colour-coded tag groups, and curated collections. Mark groups as required to surface clips missing key metadata. Batch-tag on import or from the library grid.

Powerful Search & Filters

One search bar matches tags, filenames, and transcripts at once. Filter by tag, collection, drive, date created, duration, resolution, and more — and save presets for one-click access.

Local Transcription & Transcript Search

Whisper runs on your own machine to turn spoken audio into searchable text. Find quotes across your whole library or inside a single clip, then jump to the exact moment.

Local AI Tags

A vision model running on your Mac suggests tags for what is in every clip and photo. Accept the good ones, dismiss the rest, and search or filter by them. Frames never leave your machine.

DaVinci Resolve Integration

Send clips straight to Resolve's Media Pool with tags transferred as keywords and optional sub-bin routing by tag group. macOS only for now.

Editor Handoff

Share a Resolve project and original footage through a password-protected download page. Review missing files and storage costs before uploading, then copy or revoke links from Shares. Included with Clipthesis Backup.

Cloud Sync

Free with a Clipthesis account — your tags, collections, and clip metadata sync automatically across every Mac and PC you sign in on. Offline-first, with quiet background syncs.

Clipthesis Backup

Optional cloud backup at $0.01/GB per month — deduplicated, metered daily, billed only for what you store.

Offline-First

Everything runs locally with SQLite. No internet required — your library is always available.

Keyboard-Driven

Navigate the grid, preview clips, tag in bulk, and send to Resolve — all without touching the mouse.