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RankForge

A local, AI-assisted 9:16 ranking and compilation editor for turning many clips or URLs into a reviewable short-form video.

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Overview

RankForge is a local, AI-assisted 9:16 ranking and compilation editor. It takes clips or URLs and helps turn a large source set into a reviewable short-form video.

01 problem → system → outcome

The problem

Reviewing, ranking, titling, labeling, transitioning, commenting on, and rendering many source clips is slow and difficult to keep consistent.

Goals

  • Make large clip sets easier to review
  • Keep creative control with the user
  • Move from sources to a renderable edit efficiently

The solution

The product extracts frames, uses visual AI to score footage, selects the strongest clips, prepares ranking and captions, then gives the user a chance to review and change the edit before rendering.

Workflow

  1. 01Clips or URLs
  2. 02Storage
  3. 03Frame extraction
  4. 04Visual AI
  5. 05Scoring
  6. 06Strongest selection
  7. 07Ranking
  8. 08Captions and voice
  9. 09Editing
  10. 10Rendering

System design

FFmpeg extracts and assembles media. Qwen3-VL 4B evaluates humor, surprise, visual interest, clarity, and actions. Llama 3.1 8B supports titles and labels, while Ollama and Kokoro TTS provide local inference and voice generation.

Capabilities

  • Upload and URL import
  • Configurable selection from roughly 100 source clips
  • Trim, order, ranking, and labels
  • Title styles, numbering, and positioning
  • Transitions, mute controls, and media management
  • Render retry and MP4 export

Engineering focus

  • Making AI scoring interpretable
  • Preserving user review before render
  • Managing many media assets
  • Reliable local rendering

Outcome

A focused editing system that makes it faster to turn a large, messy clip pool into a ranked short-form video without removing the creator from the process.

Next opportunities include Additional scoring presets, More template controls, Expanded editing workflows.

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