Understand any video fast — and find what's worth cutting.
Roughcut is a Chrome extension that summarizes YouTube videos, splits them into chapters you can jump to, and finds the moments worth turning into shorts. No account, no API key, nothing to configure.
Add to Chrome — freeWhat it does
Summaries
Key takeaways and a full summary, right beside the video you're watching.
Chapters
The video split into sections, with timestamps that jump the player straight there.
Clips for shorts
Standalone moments with a written hook and caption, ranked using the sections viewers actually rewatch.
Your library
Everything you generate is saved, searchable, and groupable. Combine several videos into one consolidated picture.
Pricing
- 5 uses per month
- Summaries, chapters and clips
- Unlimited saved videos
- Markdown export
- Unlimited summaries, chapters and clips
- Unlimited cross-video synthesis
- Everything in Free
Payments are handled by Dodo Payments, who act as merchant of record — they process your payment and handle sales tax and VAT. Prices exclude any tax added at checkout for your country.
Your data stays yours
Your library — every summary, chapter and clip — is stored on your own computer, inside Chrome. It is never uploaded. Our server sees only the ID of a video you ask it to analyze. Read exactly what we collect.