I built 12 free browser-based tools for creators — here's what I learned

A few weeks ago I launched ClipGG — a collection of 12 free

browser-based tools for content creators, video editors,

and writers. No signups, no file uploads, no subscriptions.

Everything runs locally in the browser.

Here is what I learned building it.

Why browser-based?

The obvious reason is privacy. When you upload a video to

an online tool, you have no idea where that file goes or

how long it sits on someone's server. With browser-based

processing, the file never leaves your device.

The less obvious reason is speed. No upload queue, no

server processing time, no waiting. The Web Audio API,

Canvas API, and MediaRecorder handle surprisingly heavy

tasks directly in the tab.

What the tools do

The suite covers the small repetitive tasks that slow

down a creator's workflow:

• 
  Word & Character Counter — real-time word count,
  reading time, speaking time, and keyword density


• 
  SRT Subtitle Cleaner — strips timecodes and tags
  from subtitle files, converts to plain text or article format


• 
  SRT ↔ VTT Converter — converts between subtitle
  formats for HTML5 video and YouTube


• 
  YouTube Title Validator — previews how your title
  looks in desktop and mobile search before publishing


• 
  Audio Extractor — pulls audio from MP4, WebM,
  MKV using the Web Audio API, no upload


• 
  Video Aspect Ratio Resizer — crops horizontal video
  to 9:16 for TikTok and Shorts with blur background fill


• 
  AI Video Hook Generator — generates scroll-stopping
  opening lines for short-form video


• 
  AI Freelance Email Generator — writes cold emails
  and Upwork proposals based on job description


• 
  AI Content Repurpose Machine — turns one piece of
  content into Twitter threads, LinkedIn posts, and more


• 
  Bulk Image Compressor — batch compresses JPEG,
  PNG, WebP locally using Canvas


• 
  YouTube Thumbnail Downloader — grabs HD thumbnails
  and extracts dominant color palettes


• 
  Video Teleprompter — smooth scrolling prompter with
  mirror mode and webcam overlay

One technical thing worth sharing

The Audio Extractor was the hardest to get right. True MP3

encoding requires a licensed codec that browsers don't

include natively. The output is WebM/Opus — smaller than

WAV, excellent quality, plays in every modern browser and

media player. Renaming to .mp3 works in most players too.

For the Video Aspect Ratio Resizer, the blur background

effect uses a second canvas layer running the same video

at low resolution with a CSS blur filter, composited

behind the main cropped layer using MediaRecorder. It

runs at full speed on any modern laptop.

The stack

Next.js App Router, 16 languages via i18n, all processing

in the browser using native Web APIs. No backend for the

tools themselves.

Try it

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