Best 5 free open source video editor in [2020] - The Shortcut

This is about five free and open-source video editors. All video editors are very easy to use. And completely free. The ranking is based on my personal experience.

1. OpenShot

                                             OpenShot video editor

OpenShot is free and open-source video editing software developed by OpenShot Studios.

Its license is an LLC license is GNU General Public License.

OpenShot is written in python, C++. It is a user-friendly video editor.

Features

• Completely free
• Support many videos, audio, photo formats.
• 3D animated titles and effects
• Audio mixing and editing
• Video effect, chroma key

2. Shotcut

                                                 Shotcut video editor

Shotcut is an open-source video editing software. And its license is GNU GPLv3.

The comfortable operating system is Linux Microsoft windows FreeBSD and macOS. it developed by Dan Dennedy, LLC

Shotcut is written in C, C++

Features

• Completely free
• Support for 4K resolutions
• Many videos and audio filters and effects
• Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste
• Tone generator
• 3-way color wheels

Shotcut Tutorials

3. Blender

                                          Blender - video editing

Blender is open-source computer graphics software. It uses for creating animations, virtual effects, 3D printing, and computer games.

But also blender can use for good video editing.

Blender is developed by Blender Foundation. Blender license is a GPLv2+.

Blender was written using C++, python.

Features

• Completely free
• Audio mixing
• Scrubbing and waveform visualization.
• VFX
• Many effects and filters
• Live preview

4. Kdenlive

                                        Kdenlive video editor

Kdenlive is an open-source video editor developed by KDE. Its license is GNU GPLv2+.

The comfortable operating system is Linux windows and macOS (source code only).

Kdenlive is written in C++ (Qt, KF5)

Features

• Completely free
• Multi-track video editing
• Support more video and audio format
• Many effects and transitions
• Proxy editing
• Automatic backup

5. VidCutter

                                                         VidCutter

VidCutter is open-source software easy to use and it is good for video cut and joins fastly and simple to use.

It's comfortable for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Features

• Completely free
• Easy to use
• video cutting & joining is too fast
• Keyframes viewer

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