ShortsAI – AI-Powered Video Shorts Platform

ShortsAI is a PHP-based SaaS platform designed to help creators, agencies and entrepreneurs turn long YouTube videos into short-form clips. It combines automated clip processing, caption generation and project management with user accounts and subscription billing features.

Automated Video Clipping

Submit a YouTube URL to process a video into shorter clips. The platform advertises AI-assisted highlight detection, pause removal, captions, and automatically generated titles and descriptions. Clips can be prepared for formats used by TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.

AI-Assisted Content Tools

The system includes caption timing and formatting, highlight selection and a viral-score feature intended to provide insights into potential clip performance. Actual results depend on the source video, processing services and configured APIs.

User and Project Management

Users can access their profiles and project dashboards, review generated clips, manage their projects and delete generated content. Usage tracking and account-management features are also included.

SaaS Administration and Billing

An administration panel supports user management, subscription plans, feature access, usage quotas and platform settings. Stripe integration is provided for monthly or yearly subscription billing.

Launch Your Own Video SaaS

ShortsAI is designed for entrepreneurs and developers who want a starting point for an AI video clipping service without building every component from scratch. It requires server configuration, external API credentials and payment setup before the platform can operate.

Important: Automated clipping, captions and related AI features depend on the configured ShortsAPI and other required services. Review API costs, usage limits, deployment requirements and licensing terms before launching a paid service.

Video Processing

• Convert YouTube videos into short-form clips.

• AI-assisted highlight and clip detection.

• Automatic pause and dead-air removal.

• Generate subtitles and captions.

• Automatically generate clip titles and descriptions.

• Viral-score feature for clip insights.

• Formats intended for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts.

• Project history and clip management.

User Features

• User authentication and profiles.

• Project management dashboard.

• View, manage and delete generated shorts.

• Account deletion and data-management features.

• Per-user usage tracking.

SaaS and Administration

• SaaS-oriented platform structure.

• Admin dashboard and system controls.

• User viewing, suspension and deletion controls.

• Subscription plan management.

• Feature access based on plan or tier.

• Usage limits and quota controls.

Payments and Monetization

• Stripe payment gateway integration.

• Monthly and yearly subscription support.

• Free and paid plan configuration.

• Automated billing and renewals.

Developer Features

• Configurable branding and settings.

• API-based integrations.

• Deployment and installation instructions.

• Extendable codebase for future customization.

Server Requirements

• PHP 8.3 or higher.

• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+.

• SSL certificate for secure Stripe payment processing.

• Writable storage and cache directories.

• Cron jobs enabled for background processing and usage resets.

Required PHP Extensions

• OpenSSL

• PDO

• Mbstring

• Tokenizer

• XML

• Ctype

• JSON

• Fileinfo

• cURL

• BCMath

External Services and API Keys

• YouTube Data API key.

• Stripe account and API keys for subscriptions and payments.

• ShortsAPI key for video-processing functionality.

Hosting and Deployment

• VPS or dedicated hosting is recommended by the vendor.

• Shared hosting is listed as compatible, but verify its background-processing, cron and resource limits.

• Configure database credentials and the application URL in .env.

• Import the supplied SQL file if required by the package.

• Configure the site, API credentials and Stripe Price IDs in the administration panel.

• Change the default administrator credentials immediately after installation.

• Configure subscription plans, limits, terms of service and privacy policy before launch.