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OpenShot Video Editor

An easy to use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account
  • No watermark

Overview

OpenShot Video Editor is a video editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: effects and transitions, keyframe animation, chroma key, hardware acceleration.

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
  • “OpenShot is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Create videos with exciting video effects, titles, audio tracks, and animations.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Powerful, curve-based Keyframe animations (linear, Bézier, and constant interpolation)” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Unlimited tracks / layers (support for complex projects)” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Video & audio effects (including brightness, gamma, hue, chroma key / blue screen, and more)” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Hardware accelerated (encoding & decoding supports NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and more)” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Customizable keyboard shortcuts” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Timeline editing (capability established by the official page)
  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No watermark on exports
  • Commercial use allowed

About

OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning, open-source video editor, available on Linux, Mac, Chrome OS, and Windows. OpenShot can create stunning videos, films, and animations with an easy-to-use interface and rich set of features. Features include: Free & open-source (licensed under GPLv3) Cross-platform (Linux, OS X, Chrome OS, and Windows) Easy-to-use user interface (designed for beginners, built-in tutorial) Supports most video, audio, & image formats (based on FFmpeg) Includes popular video profiles & presets (over 70+ profiles, including YouTube HD) Advanced timeline (including drag and drop, scrolling, panning, zooming, and snapping) Advanced clips (including trimming, alpha, scaling, location, rotation, and shearing) Real-time preview (multi-threaded, and optimized for performance) Simple & advanced views (or customize your own unique view) Powerful, curve-based Keyframe animations (linear, Bézier, and constant interpolation) Compositing, image overlays, watermarks, & transparency Unlimited tracks / layers (support for complex projects) Video transitions, masks, & wipes (grayscale images and animated masks) Video & audio effects (including brightness, gamma, hue, chroma key / blue screen, and more) Image sequences & 2D animations (001.png, 002.png, 003.png, etc…) Blender 3D integration (animated 3D title templates) Vector file support & editing (SVG / scalable vector graphics used for titles and credits) Audio mixing, waveform, & editing Emojis (open-source stickers & artwork included) Frame accuracy (step through each frame of video) Time mapping & speed changes (slow/fast, forward/backward) Advanced AI (motion tracking, object detection, & stabilization effects) Credits & captions (scrolling and animated) Hardware accelerated (encoding & decoding supports NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and more) Import & export (EDL and Final Cut Pro formats, supports most video editors) Customizable keyboard shortcuts Translations (available in 100+ languages)

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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