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How to install publikclip on Mac

publikclip does what OpusClip does, and OpusClip costs $29/mo. This guide gets you the free one.

What you end up with

publikclip installed like any other app on your Mac. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.

Time
About 45 minutes
Steps
14
Cost
Free

Before you start

These are one-time installs. If you have used Terminal before, you may have them already — the first step checks.

  1. Install Git

    Apple opens a small installer.

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    xcode-select --install

    You know this worked when: Git responds with a version number

  2. Install Node LTS

    Choose the macOS Installer (.pkg).

    Open download

    You know this worked when: Node responds with a version number

Install publikclip

  1. Open Terminal

    Keep it open beside this page.

    You know this worked when: Terminal is open

  2. Install Rust

    Run the single command the page shows, then reopen Terminal.

    Open rustup

    You know this worked when: cargo responds with a version number

  3. Install uv

    uv manages the Python side of the app; the build stages it into the bundle.

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh -o /tmp/uv-install.sh
sh /tmp/uv-install.sh

    You know this worked when: uv reports it installed

  4. Copy publikclip to this Mac

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    cd ~
if [ ! -d publikclip/.git ]; then
git clone https://github.com/Blueturboguy07/publikclip.git
fi

    You know this worked when: A publikclip folder appears

  5. Open the publikclip folder

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    cd publikclip

    You know this worked when: Your terminal prompt is inside the publikclip folder

  6. Use the reviewed version

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    git checkout a53a359b985b1d2d666266062936cc186f02340b

    You know this worked when: Git reports the reviewed commit

  7. Install the interface packages

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    cd app
npm install

    You know this worked when: The install finishes without an error

  8. Build the app

    The first build compiles the Rust shell, so it takes several minutes.

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
npx tauri build --bundles app

    You know this worked when: A publikclip.app appears in the bundle folder

  9. Put publikclip in Applications

    Copy the freshly built app into Applications so it's a real, launchable Mac app.

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    ditto src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/publikclip.app /Applications/publikclip.app

    You know this worked when: publikclip.app is in your Applications folder

  10. Open publikclip

    Built on your own machine, so macOS opens it without any warning dialog.

    Type this into Terminal, then press Return.

    open /Applications/publikclip.app

    You know this worked when: publikclip opens

  11. Pick the scoring brain

    In onboarding, paste a free Gemini key (aistudio.google.com) — or pick Ollama if you run it.

    You know this worked when: Onboarding accepts the choice

  12. Feed it an hour

    Paste a YouTube link and hit CUT IT. First run downloads the speech models (~4–5 GB).

    You know this worked when: Scored clips appear in the review screen

If something goes wrong

Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.

Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.

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