Polley Edit

Make more from the footage you already have.

Polley Edit is a local-first Windows video editor built for creators who want to move quickly from raw footage to finished clips.

Cut awkward silences, create captions, add overlays, find short-form moments, combine clips on a timeline, and make thumbnails—all without uploading your videos to a cloud editor.

Features

• SmashCut — Detect and remove silence from talking-head, podcast, and gameplay footage.
• Captions — Create local automatic captions, correct the transcript, style the text, and export SRT files or burned-in videos.
• Overlay — Add video or image overlays with placement, timing, opacity, scaling, and audio controls.
• Clipper — Find candidate short clips, review them, reframe for vertical video, and export selected highlights.
• Timeline — Combine footage, trim clips, adjust audio, add transitions, and export a finished video.
• Thumbnail maker — Pull a frame from a video and build a thumbnail with text, images, glow, outlines, and color adjustments.
• Local-first — Your media stays on your computer. No account or subscription required.
• Built-in tools — FFmpeg, FFprobe, and local speech transcription are bundled with the app.

Early access

Polley Edit is an actively developed early-access tool. It is already usable for real projects, but you may encounter rough edges or workflows that improve over time.

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please leave a comment here.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11
• 64-bit PC
• Internet is only needed for optional app update checks, optional Google Fonts, and downloading a speech model the first time you use transcription.

Your videos are processed locally.