LVE — Lightweight Video Editor for Mac

Lightweight video editor · macOS 14+

Edit the story.
Not the software.

A fast, focused editor for people who need a sharp cut—not another production suite to manage.

One-time purchase. No account. No subscription.

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LVE

A SMALL FILM ABOUTGOING
FURTHER

00:08.14/ 00:18.20

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0s4s8s12s16s

● VIDEO 1

COAST_01.MOV

CLIFF_02.MOV

● AUDIO 1

ORIGINAL AUDIO

Magnetic snap08.14 s

On-device captions

The promise

“Everything needed for a polished edit. Nothing that turns editing into administration.”

01No account

02No subscription

03No tracking

04No feature maze

Built to stay light

12.4 MB.
That’s the point.

A video editor should leave room for your footage. LVE keeps the download deliberately small while covering the essential editing workflow.

Mac download size July 23, 2026

Editor	App size	vs LVE
LVE	12.4 MB	Baseline
CapCut	2,260 MB	182×
DaVinci Resolve	4,240 MB	342×
iMovie	4,310 MB	348×
Final Cut Pro	7,850 MB	633×

Native Mac App Store package sizes, normalized to MB for a like-for-like comparison. Installed size and optional downloads may differ. A size comparison—not a claim of feature parity.

The complete edit

Small footprint.
Serious workflow.

LVE stays deliberately narrow: assemble, trim, layer, caption and export—with fewer decisions between intent and result.

01 / Timeline

A timeline that gets out of your way.

Drop a folder of clips, append them in one move, and make the cut. Clips magnetically meet the playhead and each other. Push one clip into another and the touched edge trims cleanly.

Fast multi-import and append
Simple magnetic snapping
Ripple-free edge trimming
Multiple video, audio and overlay tracks

00:12.08 / 00:24.18＋ ◫ ✂ ⌫

8s12s16s20s

● VIDEO 1

INTRO.MOV

DETAIL.MOV

SNAP

02 / Canvas

One edit. Every useful shape.

Switch between landscape, portrait and square. Move and scale directly on canvas, use Crop when you need precision, then Reset without hunting through an inspector.

16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 projects
Direct manipulation and crop mode
Visible Crop and Reset controls
Click away for a clean, box-free preview

03 / Captions

Captions generated where the edit lives.

Download the optional Whisper model once, then transcribe locally. Select the source, language and style; LVE builds editable caption cards aligned to the timeline.

On-device speech recognition
Seven supported languages
Editable timing, wording and styles
Nothing spoken is sent to LVE

MAKE THE CUT
THEN MOVE ON.

SOURCEInterview_01.mov

LANGUAGEEnglish⌄

STYLEEditorial⌄

MAKE THE CUTTHEN MOVE ON

04 / Portfolio

Your reusable shots—and the missing one.

Search your personal Portfolio, or find free video and photos from Pexels without breaking the edit. Preview video on hover, filter by shape, add at the playhead or save for next time.

Searchable personal media library
Pexels video and photo search
Landscape, portrait and square filters
Your API key stays in macOS Keychain

PORTFOLIOSTOCKYOURS

⌕ocean roadVideosAny aspect

PEXELS0:18

Coastal road3840×2160 · By Taryn Elliott

PEXELS0:12

Past the cliffs1080×1920 · By Cottonbro

PEXELS0:09

Blue distance2160×2160 · By Kelly

Free media · creator credit stays attached Media provided by Pexels

05 / Export

Finish cleanly.

Export the full timeline to H.264 MP4, or mark named sections and render them as a batch. Progress is explicit. Cancellation is always one click away.

Full-timeline MP4 export
Named multi-section batch export
Visible progress and current section
Safe cancellation and partial-file cleanup

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EXPORTING MP4

03 — Product detail

68%3 of 4 sections

✓ 01 — Opening.mp4✓ 02 — Context.mp4→ 03 — Product detail.mp4· 04 — Closing.mp4

Also included

The expected things,
made properly.

Layers

Video, stills, text, overlays and audio in the same clear timeline.

Undo / redo

Experiment freely, with familiar keyboard shortcuts and recoverable projects.

In / out marks

Set a precise working range and create reusable named export sections.

Autosave

Recovery is quietly maintained while you focus on the cut.

Simple software. Simple price.

$14.99

One purchase. The complete editor.

All editing features included
No account or recurring fee
Local-first by design
For macOS 14 or later

Edit the story.Not the software.

12.4 MB.That’s the point.

Small footprint.Serious workflow.