mathiaschu/watch
Give Claude a video input. /watch downloads from YouTube/Instagram/X/Vimeo/any yt-dlp site, extracts frames, and transcribes locally with mlx-whisper — no API key. Fork of bradautomates/claude-video.
- Stars
- 144
- Forks
- 20
- Open issues
- 1
- Last push
- 5mo ago
watch star history
+2 this week
About watch
watch is a free, open-source AI coding tool by mathiaschu, written mainly in Python. Give Claude a video input. /watch downloads from YouTube/Instagram/X/Vimeo/any yt-dlp site, extracts frames, and transcribes locally with mlx-whisper — no API key. Fork of bradautomates/claude-video. It has 144 GitHub stars and 20 forks, and was last updated 5mo ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 144
- Last update
- 5mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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watch FAQ
Can I use watch commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is watch free?
Yes. watch is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does watch run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, watch works on macOS.
Does watch need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is watch still maintained?
It was last updated 5mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to watch?
Similar free, open-source tools include claude-skills, Understand-Anything, agent-skills, claude-code-templates.
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