Clapshot
Self-hosted video review and approval with frame-accurate, timestamped comments.
Clapshot is an open-source, self-hosted tool for collaborative video review and approval. Upload a video and reviewers leave frame-accurate, timestamped comments and drawings right on the timeline, so feedback lands on the exact frame it is about. A built-in login gateway (HTWicket) fronts the app, so every reviewer signs in first.
Key features
- Frame-accurate, timestamped review comments and on-frame drawings
- Simple drag-and-drop video upload with automatic transcoding for playback
- Per-user login (HTWicket) with an admin account and user management UI
- Self-contained: the Rust server, web UI, web server and login gateway ship in one container with a SQLite datastore, no external database to run
- State (database and uploaded videos) persists on a dedicated volume
Use cases
- Video, VFX and motion teams running review-and-approval cycles
- Agencies collecting client sign-off on cuts without emailing files around
- Any team that needs private, self-hosted video feedback instead of a SaaS
Why run it on the NetActuate edge Hosting Clapshot in a PoP near your reviewers shortens the upload and playback path for large video files and keeps your footage and review data on infrastructure you control.
Deployed from the NetActuate marketplace, Clapshot boots pre-configured from your seeded values: the admin password is set at first boot (generated into your secret list if you do not provide one) and the demo image's built-in accounts are removed, so there is no default login to worry about. Sign in at /htwicket/login as 'admin' and start reviewing. The single-VM appliance serves the full web UI over HTTP on the instance IP; put TLS termination in front for public use.
Frequently asked questions
How do I deploy Clapshot on NetActuate?
Use the Deploy on NetActuate button to talk to our team. We provision Clapshot on a NetActuate virtual machine in the point of presence you choose, close to your audience. Each deployment runs in the single location you select.
What does it cost to run Clapshot?
Clapshot is open-source software and free to run on the marketplace - you pay only for the NetActuate compute (virtual-machine size and location) it runs on, at standard rates. There are no usage-based software fees.
Where can Clapshot run?
Clapshot can be deployed in any of NetActuate's 45+ points of presence across every continent, so you can place ingest, transcode, delivery and caching close to your contributors and viewers.
Who supports Clapshot?
NetActuate operates and supports the underlying infrastructure - the virtual machine, network and edge platform. The application itself is supported by its upstream open-source project.
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