Reelport has the same features on Windows as on macOS: the Resolve panel, the Claude extension and plugin, and the CapCut workflow. Linux isn't offered.
Windows
Requirements
- Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit.
- DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 or later, with External scripting using set to Local.
- 64-bit Python 3.10 or later from python.org, installed with Add python.exe to PATH ticked. Resolve's scripting and the panel's Tools tab use it. Claude Desktop brings its own runtime for the extension.
- Claude Desktop for Windows, for the Claude parts.
Install
- Download Reelport for Windows from reelport.io/download/windows, signed in.
- Unzip
Reelport-<version>-windows.zip. - Double-click
install.cmdand click Yes on the admin prompt. Only the plugin copy into Resolve needs admin rights. Fonts and Claude stay with your own user account. - Answer Y to add Reelport to Claude. Claude Desktop opens
Reelport.mcpb. Choose Install and Always allow. Explorer showsReelport.plugin: upload it in Claude under Customize › Plugins. - Restart Resolve and open Workspace › Workflow Integrations › Reelport.
Where things live
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| The panel | C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Workflow Integration Plugins\com.pixelandprocess.reelport |
| Settings, brand kit, your styles | %APPDATA%\Reelport |
| Caches | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Reelport\Cache |
| Renders, font previews | Videos\Reelport |
| Fonts | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts |
| Sign-in | DPAPI-encrypted files in %APPDATA%\Reelport\secrets, readable only by your Windows account |
| Diagnose report | Your Desktop (the OneDrive Desktop if it's redirected) |
Differences from macOS
- No permission pop-ups. Windows doesn't ask for access to drives and folders. If a drive can't be read, check that it's unlocked (BitLocker) and not blocked by Controlled folder access.
- Media helper: a bundled LGPL ffmpeg build and Windows' own face detector do what Apple's frameworks do on a Mac. Face tracking (to keep text off faces), thumbnails, looks and overlays work the same way. Director mode doesn't get scene labels from Windows, so Claude reads the contact sheets instead. Sound detection is coarser.
- Font previews are rendered with Microsoft Edge.
- Both Windows and macOS sign in the same way, with a code at reelport.io/device.
Linux
Reelport isn't available for Linux: there's no Linux download or installer.
- Blackmagic doesn't support Workflow Integration plugins on Linux, so the Resolve panel couldn't run there anyway.
- CapCut has no Linux app.
- Claude Desktop has no official Linux build.
If you edit on Linux, you can still use reelport.io in the browser to schedule and publish videos you exported, and the API and MCP server from your own tools.
Free DaVinci Resolve
Reelport doesn't work with the free DaVinci Resolve on any system. It has no Workflow Integrations and blocks external scripting, which both the panel and Claude need. The installer stops with "DaVinci Resolve Studio was not found".