Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut

TechCrunch · Aisha Malik · 2026-11-05 15:00 UTC

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year.

Instagram announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Edits, its short-form video editing app, to desktop on Mac. The desktop version is designed for more complex video-editing projects that benefit from a larger screen, mouse, and keyboard, the company says.

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance’s CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year. CapCut, which is a massively popular tool for creators, has been available on desktop for Windows and Mac since 2021.

Instagram notes that the desktop app includes licensed and royalty-free music, sound and video effects, and automatic captions in multiple languages. Audio and text styles that creators saved on the mobile app sync over to the desktop app, and users can customize keyboard shortcuts or import them from other editing software.

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