# Video Subtitle Extractor (open-source video and screen recording app)

> Video Subtitle Extractor is a free, open-source video and screen recording app for Windows, macOS and Linux. 视频硬字幕提取，生成srt文件。无需申请第三方API，本地实现文本识别。基于深度学习的视频字幕提取框架，包含字幕区域检测、字幕内容提取。A GUI tool for extracting hard-coded subtitle (hardsub) from videos and generating srt files. It has 9,569 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Video-subtitle-extractor (VSE) 是一款将视频中的硬字幕提取为外挂字幕文件(srt格式)的软件 主要实现了以下功能： 如：以下存放视频和代码的路径都不行 > > D:\下载\vse\运行程序.exe（路径含中文） > > E:\study\kaoyan\sanshang youya.mp4 （路径含空格）

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/YaoFANGUK/video-subtitle-extractor |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 9,569 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Video editing & screen recording |
| Latest release | 2.2.0 (Apr 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Apr 9, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/YaoFANGUK/video-subtitle-extractor/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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