Design

Should you build your own VHS Slipcover Maker?

Design and print labels, sleeves, and inserts for VHS, cassette, CD, vinyl, and more. For people making visual work.

With trade-offs · the basics, with limitations
Price $6/moEstimated savings $60/yrEstimated time one session for one cover format; months for the full catalogCategory Design

The core loop, type a title and print a correctly sized VHS slipcover, is a one-session build. But the rich design possibilities, range of 30+ physical media types, 22+ languages supported, and instant generation of covers from a variety of media sources makes this a lengthy project to spin up on your own. That part is not coming out of one prompt.

ENOriginal research content in English. Original prompt preserved in English.

The complete prompt
Build me a printable VHS slipcover maker to replace VHS Slipcover Maker (vhs.texs.org). Requirements:

- Vite + React + Tailwind, client-only, no server. State lives in the URL
  query string, omit any param still at its default; the URL is the save
  file and the share link. No database.
- Render the whole slipcover as one flat SVG die-cut wrap, 10.73 x 9.17 in:
  back panel, 1.05 in spine, front panel, each panel 7.4 in tall (the VHS
  case face height), plus fold-over flaps. Physical inches are the source
  of truth, derive every pixel value from them.
- Front panel: drag-and-drop cover art with zoom and pan, cropped to the
  panel, with the title over it. Spine: title rotated 90 degrees plus year
  and runtime. Back panel: a synopsis block, up to four screenshot
  thumbnails, and a fake barcode.
- Ink and background color pickers, five bundled retro Google Fonts, and
  three era presets: 80s rental store, 90s studio release, plain typewriter.
- Fold lines show on screen but never export; the printed sheet gets only a
  thin cut line around the outer die-cut perimeter.
- Export a Tabloid (11 x 17 in) PDF with pdf-lib at 600 DPI, plus a PNG via
  canvas. Printed at 100% scale the folded sleeve must fit a standard VHS
  tape.
- No accounts, no telemetry, everything runs in the browser.
- Out of scope: every other format (sticker labels, cassette J-cards, DVD,
  vinyl), movie-poster search, and saved-design accounts. Do not attempt
  Safari-specific SVG fixes, Safari paints foreignObject at the wrong
  scale and supporting it is a project of its own.
- README: fold order for assembling the sleeve, and a warning that most
  home printers stop at Letter, the wrap needs 11 x 17 cardstock or a
  print shop.

The prompt opens pre-filled in your agent. Review it before running.

Original prompt preserved in English.

What would building your own look like?

Type a title, adjust fonts and colors, and print your own labels and covers for VHS tapes, DVDs, Cassettes, Vinyl and more.

What you will need

Why paying can still make sense

One cover is a fun afternoon project; people pay when the twelfth format still measures right against the real case in their hand and a whole shelf of tapes needs matching spines.

What you lose

x30+ measured dieline templates: cassette J-cards, CD inserts, vinyl jackets, Blu-ray and DVD wraps, MiniDisc

xmovie and music search that auto-fills cover art and metadata

xdesigns that persist and share as a URL

xdie-cut label-sheet PDFs aligned to vendor sticker stock

x22 UI languages

prior art · use these instead of building, if you’d rather

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Plans and pricing

How much does VHS Slipcover Maker cost?

In your currency · US DollarChecked on 10/20/2026
Monthly billing
$6/mo
Per year
$72/yr
Annual billing
$60/yr17% cheaper than paying monthly
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Price history

$6Price stable since Oct 20, 2026

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Frequently asked questions
Can I rebuild VHS Slipcover Maker?

Kinda. The core of VHS Slipcover Maker is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: 30+ measured dieline templates: cassette J-cards, CD inserts, vinyl jackets, Blu-ray and DVD wraps, MiniDisc, movie and music search that auto-fills cover art and metadata. Read the honest list above before committing.

How much does VHS Slipcover Maker cost?

VHS Slipcover Maker costs about $6/mo (Starter, checked 10/20/2026), which is $60 per year.

What do I lose by replacing VHS Slipcover Maker?

Honestly: 30+ measured dieline templates: cassette J-cards, CD inserts, vinyl jackets, Blu-ray and DVD wraps, MiniDisc; movie and music search that auto-fills cover art and metadata; designs that persist and share as a URL; die-cut label-sheet PDFs aligned to vendor sticker stock; 22 UI languages. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to VHS Slipcover Maker?

No mature open-source alternative worth pointing at, which is exactly why the one-shot prompt on this page exists.

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