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CCExtractorSubtitle Edit
Free

Free and open source under GPL-2.0.

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Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Extracts captions, teletext and subtitles to standard formats
  • De facto open source standard for the task
  • Waveform and spectrogram make timing subtitles straightforward
  • Reads and writes over two hundred subtitle formats
  • Command-line driven, no graphical interface by default
  • Niche tool aimed at caption workflows
  • Windows needs 10 version 22H2 or newer; older builds fail with a .NET error
  • macOS 12 is the minimum and macOS 14 or newer is recommended
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-only License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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