Palmier Pro
A free, open-source video editor for Mac that lets you and an AI coding assistant (like Claude or Cursor) generate and edit footage together, right inside the timeline.
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Description
Video editors and AI coding assistants have mostly lived in separate worlds — you edit in Premiere, you code in Cursor, and never the two connect. Palmier Pro closes that gap for Mac users: it's a native video editor where you can hand off tasks to an AI agent (or your own Claude/Codex/Cursor session via MCP) directly inside the editing timeline, generating clips or images with models like Seedance or Kling as you go.
The core editor — timeline, Swift-native app, Metal GPU acceleration — is fully open source under GPLv3, and it exports to MP4/H.264/H.265/ProRes or hands off via NLE XML to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve for further work. The generative AI processing itself (turning a prompt into footage) is the one closed-source, subscription-billed piece. It's backed by Y Combinator (S24 batch) and has real traction: 12.9k GitHub stars and 950 forks.
💬 Our review
The short version: this is a genuinely interesting idea — an editor built for AI-assisted workflows from the ground up — and the GitHub numbers (12.9k stars, YC-backed) suggest it's more than a weekend project, but it's macOS-only and the generative features cost money on top of the free editor.
Against DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro (mature, no native AI-agent integration) or fully cloud-based AI editors like Runway (no native timeline, no MCP/agent hookup), Palmier Pro's specific niche is native macOS editing with a built-in bridge to coding-agent workflows — a natural fit for developers already using Claude Code or Cursor who want to touch video without leaving that mental model. The free/open-source core is a genuine plus versus paying for an editor outright, but you'll need Apple Silicon and macOS 26 (Tahoe), and the AI generation itself isn't free. For a Mac-based dev team experimenting with AI-native workflows, it's worth trying; for cross-platform teams or non-technical editors, it's not the natural first choice.
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Éditeur core gratuit et open source (GPLv3). Fonctionnalités IA générative (Seedance, Kling, Nano Banana Pro) facturées par abonnement/crédits.
Pros
Éditeur core gratuit et open source, soutenu par Y Combinator (S24)
Intégration native avec agents IA via MCP (Claude, Cursor, Codex)
12,9k étoiles GitHub — traction communautaire réelle
Cons
macOS uniquement (Apple Silicon, macOS 26 Tahoe requis)
Génération IA elle-même fermée et payante malgré l'éditeur open source
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