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Pitivi

Pitivi is a video editing program, available on Linux: effects and transitions.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Pitivi is a video editing program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: effects and transitions.

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
  • “Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Hundreds of animated effects, transitions and filters” — official page, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Pitivi is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (LGPL-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.

Plans and conditions

  • Free content: the free library can be used without paying, under the publisher’s licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Pitivi is a video editor that aims to appeal to hobbyists and professionals alike, with a strong focus on efficiency, quality and usability. It integrates well with other applications and sports a beautiful user interface designed to be powerful yet easy to learn. With a non-modal editing workflow, a framerate-independent and playhead-centric timeline, Pitivi allows you quickly and accurately trim, split and review your scenes. Pitivi's ripple and roll editing features allow spending more time on storytelling and less time on "pushing clips around". Some other features include: Accepts any file formats supported by the GStreamer multimedia framework Can animate hundreds of special effects and filters with keyframable properties Ability to set custom aspect ratios, framerates and rendering presets Easy to use crossfades and SMPTE transitions Multihead-friendly with detachable user interface components

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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