The simple version.
These are the terms for using RaveCut. We've kept them short and in plain words. By downloading, buying or using RaveCut, you agree to them.
What you get
- A license to use RaveCut, the app and its Premiere Pro panel and DaVinci Resolve Studio window, bought once. There's no subscription.
- Up to 2 Macs at a time, for example your laptop and your desk computer. To move it to another Mac, deactivate one first.
- Every version 1 update, free. A future version 2 may be a paid upgrade. What you bought keeps working either way.
- Your first full edit is free, so you can try it on your own footage before you buy. The free alpha download is the same app. To place more edits after the free one, you need a serial key.
RaveCut is in alpha
RaveCut is still being finished. It works, but early versions can have bugs, and an edit may need fixing by hand. It's provided as it is.
- Keep backups. Keep a copy of your footage, and save your Premiere project before you place an edit.
- Your originals stay as they are. RaveCut never changes, moves or deletes your original video and sound files, and never changes or deletes the sequences you already have. In Premiere it only adds things: new sequences, the footage it imports for your edit, and bins to keep them in. It keeps its own working files in a RaveCut folder inside your footage folder (or in your Movies folder if it can't write there).
Your videos and edits are yours
We don't own or claim any rights to your footage, your music or the edits RaveCut makes. Use them however you like. You're responsible for having the rights to the footage and music you edit and publish, the same as with any editing app.
What we ask
- Don't share, sell or publish your serial key.
- Don't try to get around the license check, or copy and hand out the app.
- Don't resell RaveCut or bundle it into something else without asking us first.
Open-source parts
RaveCut includes open-source software made by others, such as FFmpeg, which reads your video and sound. Each of those parts comes with its own licence, and these terms don't take away any rights those licences give you. For example, you may change and replace the LGPL-licensed libraries inside the app, and look into how the app uses them as far as you need to do that. The full list, the licence texts and how to get the source code are on the open-source licences page, in the RaveCut download, and inside the app.
Feedback you send
If you send us feedback, a log file or a screenshot, we use it to make RaveCut better. We'll only quote you by name, or show your footage, with your OK. If we quote you, we'll say you tried RaveCut early.
Buying and refunds
Purchases are handled by Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record, so their checkout terms apply to the payment itself. If RaveCut isn't for you, you can get a full refund within 30 days. See the refund policy.
Check your edit before you publish it
RaveCut builds an edit for you to review. It works hard not to make mistakes, and it flags anything it isn't sure about, but always watch your edit before you deliver or post it. RaveCut is provided as it is. As far as the law allows, we aren't responsible for losses from using it, and our total responsibility is limited to what you paid for it.
What you need
A Mac with an Apple chip (M1 or newer), macOS 26 Tahoe or later, and Adobe Premiere Pro 2026 or DaVinci Resolve Studio. Adobe and Premiere Pro are trademarks of Adobe. RaveCut is not made or endorsed by Adobe. DaVinci Resolve is a trademark of Blackmagic Design. RaveCut is not made or endorsed by Blackmagic Design.
Changes
- If we change these terms, we'll update this page and the date below.
- Nothing here limits any rights you have under the law where you live.
Last updated 27 October 2026. Questions about anything on this page: support@ravecut.com.