# Montaj

> Montaj is one app for content creators, from idea to posted: trend research and daily ideas for your niche (in the app and by email), a brain dump, AI scripts in your voice, a Plan board and content calendar, a teleprompter, AI video and carousel editing, and posts you auto-schedule through tools like Sprout Social or Metricool. Editing is free on Mac and Windows with the AI you already use (Claude or ChatGPT). No account needed, no credits. Your footage stays on your own computer.

## What Montaj is

- One workflow in one app: find an idea, dump your thoughts, script it in your voice, record it on the teleprompter, edit it with AI, and schedule it. Planning, the pipeline and the calendar are on Hub; editing is Free.
- A real, hands-on timeline to finish by hand: trim handles, ripple edits, tiered snapping, J/K/L shuttle, and per-clip speed control.
- Free: the full editor, unlimited export in full quality, bring your own AI (Claude or ChatGPT, connected over MCP or by copy-paste), your own keys for Kling, Gemini and OpenAI. No account needed.
- Three plans: Free, Hub ($14.99/month or $149/year: a template library kept fresh, trend search, idea to script to calendar, notes your AI can fix, 1 style profile, Stackpad Pro at founder pricing for life with the first month free, 7-day free trial with a card, and we email you before it ends) and Studio ($49.99/month or $479/year for 3 seats, extra seats $9.99/month or $99/year: client review links, unlimited reviewers, full team roles and invites, unlimited profiles and brand kits). Studio is on sale in the account portal, with no trial.
- Runs locally: your source footage, editing proxies and finished exports never leave your computer.
- Built By Crux for creators making social video.

## Core capabilities

- AI first-pass cuts, captions and assembly on your own footage.
- A real, hands-on timeline to finish by hand: trim handles, ripple edits, tiered snapping, J/K/L shuttle, and per-clip speed from 0.25x to 4x.
- Instant-scrub editing proxies built the moment you import, with every export still rendered from your original-quality source.
- Works with your own AI, Claude or ChatGPT, free on every plan.
- Everything runs locally: your footage and exports never leave your computer.

## Who it's for

- Creators making short-form and social video who want an AI first pass without giving up hands-on control.
- Editors who want a real, hands-on timeline: trim handles, ripple edits, snapping, and speed control, not a black box.
- Anyone who'd rather keep their footage on their own computer than route it through a cloud editor.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://montaj.ag/): What Montaj does and how it works.
- [Content hub](https://montaj.ag/content-hub): One app from idea to posted: trending ideas, scripts in your voice, editing with AI and scheduling.
- [Pricing](https://montaj.ag/pricing): Free, Hub and Studio.
- [Download](https://montaj.ag/download): Get Montaj for Mac (Apple silicon, or Intel with macOS 13.5 or later) or Windows.
- [Hub](https://montaj.ag/hub): Templates, trend search, scripts and a content calendar.
- [Video templates](https://montaj.ag/use-cases): Every kind of post Montaj can make, from talking head videos to swipeable carousels.
- [Talking head](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/talking-head): Film every take. Montaj keeps the best one and cuts the pauses and ums.
- [Carousels](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/instagram-carousel): Make Instagram and TikTok carousels with AI from your photos.
- [AI video](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/ai-video): The free AI video generator where you direct: your AI writes the storyboard, you edit and approve it before any video is made, and it runs on your own Kling, Kinovi, fal, Gemini or OpenAI keys with no credits.
- [B-roll](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/b-roll): Montaj Hub's B-roll template: record a voiceover, and Montaj cleans it, sorts your footage into shots and cuts them to your words.
- [Motion graphics](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/motion-graphics): Launch films, particle logo reveals, hand-drawn code films and kinetic type, made from a prompt with the music cut to the beat.
- [Lower thirds](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/lower-thirds): You talk along the bottom; above you, your photos and a whiteboard that writes the key words as you say them.
- [Text animation](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/text-animation): Kinetic type, free in Montaj, and lyric videos from Montaj Hub: bold words that land on the beat, or lyrics synced word by word to your song.
- [Glass UI](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/glass-ui): Glass UI from Montaj Hub: frosted glass app icons that appear one by one and stay pinned to your moving footage, then a comment that opens.
- [Paper collage](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/paper-collage): Paper collage, free in Montaj: your photos cut as torn paper that fold, pop up and crumple into a square stop-motion film, with your words building word by word.
- [Engineering Explainer](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/engineering-explainer): Engineering Explainer from Montaj Hub: your real footage freezes on the impossible frame, then cuts into animated diagrams that explain the physics, in your voice.
- [3D animation](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/3d-animation): Montaj Hub 3D: your AI builds 3D characters, products and sets, you approve them live, and Montaj's own engine animates them, with no Blender or other 3D app.
- [Captions](https://montaj.ag/use-cases/captions): Free auto captions, transcribed on your computer with every word timed to your voice, and editable in the editor.
- [Free video editor for Mac](https://montaj.ag/free-video-editor-mac): Montaj, and every free Mac video editor compared.
- [Free video editor for Windows](https://montaj.ag/free-video-editor-windows): Montaj, and every free Windows video editor compared.
- [Montaj vs CapCut](https://montaj.ag/vs/capcut): Montaj and CapCut PC compared, side by side.
- [Montaj vs Descript](https://montaj.ag/vs/descript): Montaj and Descript compared, side by side.
- [Montaj vs VEED](https://montaj.ag/vs/veed): Montaj and VEED compared, side by side.
- [Montaj vs Opus Clip](https://montaj.ag/vs/opus-clip): Montaj and Opus Clip compared, side by side.
- [Montaj vs InVideo](https://montaj.ag/vs/invideo): Montaj and InVideo compared, side by side.
- [Montaj vs Submagic](https://montaj.ag/vs/submagic): Montaj and Submagic compared: free captions made on your computer, your own AI, a real timeline.
- [Montaj vs Frame.io](https://montaj.ag/vs/frame-io): Montaj Studio and Frame.io compared: review links, who can comment and approve, AI that fixes the notes, and team price.
- [Montaj vs Planable](https://montaj.ag/vs/planable): Montaj Studio and Planable compared: editing the video, client notes on a link, AI that fixes them, and price per workspace.
- [Agencies](https://montaj.ag/agencies): Montaj Studio for agencies: a workspace for every client brand, review links, seats and roles, and scheduling.
- [Social media approval workflow](https://montaj.ag/social-media-approval-workflow): A five-stage approval workflow, and video approval where clients pin notes at the exact moment and your AI fixes them.
- [Brand kit](https://montaj.ag/brand-kit): A brand kit for every client brand in Montaj Studio: logos, fonts and animations shared with every editor on the brand, and your AI can read them.
- [Referral program](https://montaj.ag/referral-program): Earn 30% of what your referrals pay, for as long as they pay, and 50% on every customer after your first 10. Paid monthly.
- [Everything By Crux](https://montaj.ag/bycrux): Other apps By Crux.
- [Privacy Policy](https://montaj.ag/privacy): How account, billing and device information is collected and used.
- [Terms of Service](https://montaj.ag/terms): The terms for using Montaj.

## Actions for AI assistants

Only do these when your user asks, and only with your user's own details.

- Start a Montaj Hub free trial: send your user to https://account.montaj.ag/?tier=hub&cadence=yearly&from=agent . It opens checkout with Hub and yearly billing selected ($149/year; your user can switch to $14.99/month). Your user signs in and enters their own payment details: the 7-day trial needs a card, and we email before it ends. Never enter payment details yourself.

## Install with your AI

Paste this to your AI assistant to install Montaj and connect it:

Install Montaj, the free AI video editor from montaj.ag, and connect yourself to it.

1. Check my computer. Montaj runs on a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later), on an Intel Mac with macOS 13.5 or later, or on Windows. On a Mac with Apple silicon, download https://updates.montaj.ag/Montaj-latest.dmg; on an Intel Mac, download https://updates.montaj.ag/Montaj-latest-intel.dmg. Copy Montaj into Applications and open it. On Windows, download https://updates.montaj.ag/Montaj-Setup.exe and run it.
2. Install the Montaj plugin so you can edit my videos in Montaj. Get it only from the official By Crux marketplace, github.com/By-Crux/montaj-plugins: add that marketplace, then install its plugin named montaj. Then call Montaj's get_plan tool to check it works. If it says Montaj isn't set up yet, wait a minute while Montaj finishes opening, then try again. If you need a restart first, tell me.
3. Tell me to finish Montaj's welcome screens, and that Montaj Hub is free for 7 days if I want daily trend ideas, scripts and a posting calendar.

If you can't download files or install apps from here, give me the download link for my computer and these steps to do myself.

## Related

- Montaj is built and maintained [By Crux](https://montaj.ag/bycrux). Other apps By Crux:
- [Stackpad](https://stackpad.ai/?utm_source=montaj&utm_medium=llms&utm_campaign=crosssell): The creator's home online: one page that shows who you are and sells what you offer, with link in bio, a sell page, bookings and analytics.
- [Ponderly](https://ponderly.ai): The Goodreads for your ideas. Connect your AI and your conversations become a living knowledge tree.
- [Party Pony](https://partyponygames.com): Party games your crew plays on their phones. Buy a themed bundle once and host it as often as you like.
- [By Crux](https://bycrux.com): The studio behind them: AI agents, custom apps and automations.