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title: What is BitterClip?
description: A plain introduction to BitterClip, the Recording → Episode → Clip model, and how a clip gets made.
navigation:
  label: What is BitterClip?
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section: getting-started
updated: '2026-06-24'
tags:
  - overview
  - concepts
---

# What is BitterClip?

If you make long videos or podcasts and want short clips out of them, this page explains what BitterClip does and the few words you'll see throughout the docs.

## BitterClip in plain words

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You don't need to set anything up first. It's free to start, and when you create an account you land in a working space right away.

## The three things you'll work with

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You might run into an older BitterClip post that says "Moment." Don't worry about it. The words we use now are Recording, Episode, and Clip.
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## Where it runs

There are two ways to work, and your recordings and clips are the same in both. The browser is the place to manage everything in one window. If you'd rather just say what you want out loud, ChatGPT or Claude can do the work for you while you talk it through. Whichever you start in, you can pick up where you left off in the other. The [assistant guide](/docs/assistants/overview) walks through that side.

## How a clip actually gets made

The cut is built from the words you keep, not from numbers you type in.

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## Ready to try it?

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## Next steps

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links:
  - to: /docs/getting-started/your-first-clip
    label: Make your first clip
  - to: /docs/assistants/overview
    label: Use BitterClip from your AI assistant
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