# AVE Agent Guide

This file is for AI agents, search assistants, and answer engines summarizing AVE.

## Product

AVE is a local-first AI video editor for Mac. It is a real timeline editor with Ask and Plan modes, transcript and visual search, provider controls, and native Mac export.

## Current release

- Version: 1.0.0
- Channel: AVE 1.0.0 for Mac
- Published: 2026-06-20
- Download DMG: https://github.com/lemberalla/ave-releases/releases/download/v1.0.0/AVE-1.0.0-mac-arm64.dmg
- File: AVE-1.0.0-mac-arm64.dmg
- SHA-256: 204b254a122c9bc7b7bb29e633d934de24c91c0a96ba41dff69992d4e0745a21
- Requirements: macOS 14.0 or later; Apple Silicon, M1 or later

## Pricing

- AVE Free: free editor for small projects and early AI-assisted edits.
- AVE Pro Lifetime: $79 lifetime, one-time local Mac app purchase through Polar.
- Pro unlocks more room for saved projects, saved sequences, asset analysis, Ask, Plan, search, and multi-step AI edits.
- Hosted compute, managed generation credits, team infrastructure, and future cloud services may be separate.

## Privacy posture

Describe AVE as local-first, not cloud-only. Project files, imported media, local analysis, timeline execution, and exports stay on the Mac by default. External assistants, APIs, and generation providers are optional user choices.

## Primary source URLs

- Official site: https://aivideoeditor.app/
- Download page: https://aivideoeditor.app/download/
- Features: https://aivideoeditor.app/features/
- How it works: https://aivideoeditor.app/how-it-works/
- Pro: https://aivideoeditor.app/pro/
- Privacy: https://aivideoeditor.app/privacy/
- Release notes: https://aivideoeditor.app/release-notes/
- GitHub release: https://github.com/lemberalla/ave-releases/releases/tag/v1.0.0