Both are open-source. SupoClip's path leads to a hosted upsell. Podcli stays local-first, ships an MCP server, and adds a knowledge-base layer so the AI picks clips that sound like your show.
The features that change the day-to-day for clip creators.
SupoClip is the closest peer to Podcli in spirit. Both ship open-source clippers with a clear “not OpusClip” pitch. The difference is the long-term direction. SupoClip funds development with a hosted version (currently waitlist). Podcli stays local-first and funds nothing because there's nothing to fund.
That choice changes what you should expect over time. Hosted-first projects accumulate features that only matter at scale. Local-first projects accumulate features that matter for a single creator on a laptop. Pick the one whose future you want to use.
Podcli's MCP server exposes 19 tools to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. You can say “clip this episode” and the agent handles transcription, scoring, cropping, captions, and export. PodStack adds slash commands for the surrounding workflow (plan episode, generate titles, descriptions, thumbnails, retro). SupoClip doesn't ship this layer. If you live in Claude Code, that's a real workflow difference.
Most clippers (including SupoClip) pick clips with a transcript heuristic. Podcli pipes the transcript plus 13 markdown files (your show's voice, banned words, title formulas, past learnings) to Claude or Codex, which scores each candidate on four dimensions. The episode database tracks which clips you've already shipped so the model doesn't repeat itself. This is the bigger differentiator once you've published a few episodes.
Direct answers to the searches people run before they decide.
No. Independent projects with overlapping goals. Both target the same OpusClip-alternative niche but the codebases, architectures, and roadmaps are separate.
If you want a Docker-deployable, hosted-style clipper for your team, SupoClip's shape fits. If you want a single-creator local-first tool that plugs into your AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) via MCP, Podcli fits.
Yes. They don't share ports or processes. You can install and try both.
The setup script handles the toolchain. You'll have a clip out the other side in a few minutes.