Stream it once.
Loop it forever.
Design your channel once — live overlays, now-playing, your brand — then broadcast it 24/7 to YouTube, Twitch, or any RTMP. Native and lightweight. And when you want it always-on, one click runs it in the cloud, so it keeps streaming even with your Mac off.
Free · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Auto-updates built in
A finished video, or an image + a music playlist — looping forever
Drop in an export and it loops seamlessly, 24/7. Or pair a still image with an audio playlist for music and ambience channels — the audio is the timing master for pristine, drift-free playback. Either way, ClutchCut Loop keeps it running with monotonic timestamps across every loop.
- Seamless video looping
- Image + audio playlist mode for music streams
- Silent track auto-added so video-only clips still go live
Live overlays — exactly what your viewers see
Build your channel's look right in the app and watch it bake into the broadcast in real time. Up to four text overlays in any font, color, and position; your brand wordmark; QR and call-to-action cards to grow your other channels; a live now-playing track name; and an audio visualizer. Save it all as a reusable brand preset and apply it to any stream in one click.
- Text, brand wordmark, QR / CTA cards
- Live now-playing track name + audio visualizer
- Reusable brand presets across all your streams
Sign in, and the broadcast sets itself up
Connect your YouTube account once. ClutchCut Loop creates the broadcast, fetches the stream key, sets your title, description, and privacy, and drives it live automatically — no copying keys out of YouTube Studio. Prefer another platform? Paste any RTMP / RTMPS ingest + key for Twitch, Facebook, Kick, Restream, or your own server.
- One-click YouTube broadcast creation
- Title, description & privacy set from the app
- Any RTMP / RTMPS destination
Simulcast — and run several streams in parallel
Composite once, broadcast to many. The same hardware-encoded frames are pushed to multiple platforms simultaneously, so a single scene reaches YouTube, Twitch, and your own RTMP server together. Managing more than one channel? Keep a list of independent streams, each with its own source, overlays, and destination, and run them at the same time.
- Simulcast to multiple platforms at once
- Multiple independent streams in one app
- Per-platform live status indicators
Rock-solid 24/7, not bolted onto an editor
VideoToolbox hardware H.264 encoding and in-process RTMP — no ffmpeg, no background daemons, no GPL. Adaptive bitrate rides out WiFi dips and a saturation warning flags when your link is the bottleneck; auto-reconnect recovers a dropped stream without a new broadcast; and while you're live it keeps your Mac awake so it never naps mid-stream.
- Apple VideoToolbox hardware encoding
- Adaptive bitrate + bandwidth-saturation warning
- Auto-reconnect · keeps your Mac awake while live
Set it on a timer, and prove it's healthy
Go live at a set time — one-off or repeating daily — and auto-stop after a chosen duration for clean daily windows. A built-in health bar reports your real upload bitrate, encode FPS, and uptime, and the YouTube monitor shows YouTube's own verdict — stream health and concurrent viewers — so if a platform hiccups, you can tell at a glance that your side is delivering. A filterable, per-stream log console means no Xcode required.
- Scheduler + auto-stop timer (daily windows)
- YouTube health & concurrent-viewer monitor
- Per-stream filterable log console
Run it in the cloud — without keeping your Mac on
Authoring on your Mac is perfect for designing a scene — but for a true 24/7 channel you don't want a laptop running forever. One click deploys any scene to a small Linux VM you own (around $5/month): ClutchCut Loop uploads your loop and music, creates the YouTube broadcast for you, and starts a self-healing service that streams around the clock. Then your Mac can sleep — or shut down entirely.
Self-hosted on a VM you own and control — not a per-stream subscription. No re-upload to anyone else's cloud.
Live in under a minute
Pick a source & look
Choose a video to loop (or image + audio) and drop in your overlays.
Sign in to YouTube
Or paste an RTMP key for Twitch and any other platform.
Go Live — or to the cloud
Stream from your Mac, or one-click deploy it to run 24/7.
Free for Mac
Download, design your scene, and go live in under a minute.
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · Notarized by Apple · Auto-updates via Sparkle
Frequently asked
What does ClutchCut Loop do?＋
It broadcasts a looping source — a finished video, or a still image plus an audio playlist — continuously to a live destination, with live overlays baked into the picture. Point it at a clip, sign in to YouTube (or paste any RTMP key), and it streams 24/7 with hardware encoding. Perfect for cozy ambience, lo-fi music, and always-on channels.
Can I add overlays — my logo, a now-playing track, a QR code?＋
Yes, and it's WYSIWYG. Add up to four text overlays (any font, color, position), your brand wordmark, QR / call-to-action cards, a live now-playing track name, and an audio visualizer — all baked into exactly what viewers see. Save the whole look as a reusable brand preset and apply it to any stream in one click.
Can I stream to YouTube and Twitch at the same time?＋
Yes — simulcast. The same composited frames are encoded and pushed to multiple destinations at once (YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Restream, your own server). You can also manage a list of separate streams and run several concurrently.
Can I run it 24/7 without leaving my Mac on?＋
Yes — that's the cloud feature. One click deploys any scene to a small Linux VM (a ~$5/mo box): ClutchCut Loop uploads your loop and music, creates the YouTube broadcast for you, and starts a self-healing service that streams around the clock. Your now-playing overlay and schedule run on the VM too, and you can watch its logs and YouTube health right inside the app. Your Mac can sleep or shut down — the stream keeps going.
Which platforms can I stream to?＋
YouTube with one-click sign-in (ClutchCut Loop creates the broadcast and fetches the stream key for you), or any RTMP / RTMPS destination — Twitch, Facebook, Kick, Restream, or your own server — by pasting the ingest URL and key.
Can I schedule streams or auto-stop them?＋
Yes. Set a start time (one-off or repeating daily) and an optional auto-stop after N minutes — handy for clean daily windows and tidy on-demand recordings. Schedules run locally on your Mac, and when you deploy to the cloud they're translated into the VM's own timers so they fire even with the app closed.
Will it survive a flaky connection?＋
It's built for it. Adaptive bitrate lowers the video rate when your upload dips and climbs back when it clears, a bandwidth-saturation warning tells you when your link is the bottleneck, and auto-reconnect re-establishes a dropped stream without creating a new broadcast. While you're live, it also keeps your Mac from going to sleep.
Is it really free?＋
Yes. ClutchCut Loop is a free download for macOS. No subscription, and your video never leaves your Mac to a third-party cloud — it's encoded locally and pushed straight to your destination. (The optional cloud feature runs on a VM you own and control.)
How is this different from cloud loopers like Castr or OneStream?＋
Those upload your video to their servers and charge a monthly subscription to loop it. ClutchCut Loop runs natively on your Mac — no re-upload, no monthly fee, no command line — and when you want always-on, it deploys to a cheap VM you own instead of a per-stream subscription.
My AI clip has no audio. Will it still go live?＋
Yes. YouTube won't mark a video-only stream as active, so ClutchCut Loop automatically adds a silent audio track when your source has none — your loop goes live cleanly. For music or ambience channels, use Image + Audio mode with a playlist.
What are the requirements?＋
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. Encoding uses Apple's VideoToolbox hardware encoder, so it's light on CPU even running around the clock.