Software · Video editing
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)
Sources and checks
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- Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
- Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
- Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
- Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
- Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
- Last technical check: 5 November 2026
- Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
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