Software · Photo & graphics

Natron

Name: Natron
Author: Natron

Compose industry-grade VFX and Motion Graphics.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: Natron
Latest version: 2.5.0 (26 November 2022)
Latest activity: 10 January 2026
Source code: github.com/NatronGitHub/Natron

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: keyframe animation.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Curve editor and dope sheet for complete control over keyframes” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Natron is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Natron is a free open-source (GPLv2 license) video compositing software, similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects, Nuke by The Foundry, or Blackmagic Fusion.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (source code, publisher, platforms, version) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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