Open Source Premiere Pro Alternatives for Linux

Adobe Premiere Pro is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Kdenlive. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Premiere Pro and many of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Adobe Premiere Pro are Shotcut, Olive Video Editor, Avidemux and WannaCut.

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Adobe Premiere Pro alternatives are mainly Video Editors, but if you're looking for Video Converters or Animated GIF Creators you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Windows, Open Source, Windows + Free, Linux, and iPhone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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  1. Kdenlive icon

    Kdenlive

     934 likes

    Free, open-source multi-track video editor supporting multiple platforms and formats. Features include chroma key, color grading, 4K rendering, keyframe animation, and customizable workspaces. Offers privacy focus, offline use, and hardware acceleration without ads or registration.

    142 Kdenlive alternatives

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Kdenlive vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    EvergreenTrees
    19

    The only nonlinear video editor I've found with automatic shot/scene detection for splitting larger clips.

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    3

    It is not fully feature-packed and is buggy and laggy. Davinci Resolve is a much superior option

    Richie Scassellati
    Positive
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    This is the best free alternative to Premiere Pro I've used for a few years. It has the basic features that Premiere Pro has, and that's good enough for my video editing needs. My only complaint is that images and videos are imported to fit a timeline's dimensions, which can be tedious to work around. Other than that, this is a really good video editor.

    3 of 24 comments
    • Kdenlive is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • Kdenlive is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  2. Shotcut icon

    Shotcut

     495 likes

    Free and open-source, Shotcut is a cross-platform video editor supporting myriad formats with native editing, multi-format timelines, and precise seeking. It offers versatile resolution supports, capturing options up to 4k, and extensive platform integration through various capture and monitoring services.

    157 Shotcut alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    Top Positive Comment
    Rong Martin-Siebler ZHOU
    2

    Interface badly designed. Click and dragging stuff never works correctly

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    2

    It's supposedly a "non-linear multitrack" editor, but you can't even select multiple clips at once on the timeline. A real pain.

    Pavlin Lazarov
    Positive
    0

    Fully Adjusted Variation 3:

    I really enjoy using it. The interface is clean and easy to use, making it accessible even for beginners. ShotCut comes with a variety of effects, which is perfect for those like me who depend on them. Best of all, it is open source, doesn't have a watermark, and can export videos in up to 4K resolution.

    3 of 14 comments
    • Shotcut is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • Shotcut is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  4. Olive Video Editor icon

    Olive Video Editor

     152 likes

    Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software.

    133 Olive Video Editor alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    Olive is currently not being developed.

    Olive Video Editor vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    apranaxfort
    5

    I am really surprised when I tried Olive. It's very well made it's are real alternative to Adobe Premiere

    Pavlin Lazarov
    Positive
    0

    Olive is a good video editor although he have bugs for example from time to time the program have lags and the wave track of audio is not visible.

    Guest
    Positive
    4

    Easy to use, stable, open-source, even tough it's in early access it still have lots of features, i'm going to give it a 8.1/10

    3 of 8 comments
    • Olive Video Editor is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • Olive Video Editor is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  5. Avidemux icon

    Avidemux

     670 likes

    Linear video editor supporting basic cutting, filtering, encoding, batch scripting, and many formats; ideal for single-file edits, trimming, re-encoding, and simple cleanup but not for multi-track or montage projects requiring nonlinear editing capabilities.

    173 Avidemux alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • PortableApps.com
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    Avidemux vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    SergTTL
    0

    Avidemux is a great app, I use it all the time, but it's not a Premiere alternative. I use it to quickly delete unnecessary segments in my screen recording videos while preserving the original video encoding. In other words, no quality loss and no need to run the lengthy video encoding process.

    Top Negative Comment
    Pedro Trujillo
    7

    Avidemux is not an NLE video tool

    maurosoft391
    Negative
    1

    super poorly designed! Avidemux is impossible to use and all features of premiere pro are missing

    3 of 6 comments
    • Avidemux is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • Avidemux is LightweightAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  7. WannaCut icon

    WannaCut

     14 likes

    Lightweight, open-source video editor combines Rust and React architecture for professional multi-track timeline workflows, requestAnimationFrame playback, robust undo/redo, magnetic snapping, easy fade controls, keyframable effects, and asset management on Linux and Windows.

    60 WannaCut alternatives

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    • Windows
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  8. Pitivi icon

    Pitivi

     94 likes

    Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface, a clean codebase and a fantastic community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
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    Pitivi vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    PiTiVi did the job where Adobe Premiere did NOT !

    • Pitivi is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Flowblade icon

    Flowblade

     31 likes

    Flowblade is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux released under GPL 3 license.

    94 Flowblade alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Flowblade vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Guest
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    2

    This software is too simple for advanced use, it snaps video to the beginning of a track even if you are trying to not do that.

    Luca
    Positive
    0

    It's very simple and quite easy to use

    • Flowblade is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
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    Cinelerra

     75 likes

    Cinelerra is a highly advanced and professional non-linear video editing software, but still remains open source. Cinelerra solves three main tasks: capturing, editing and compositing.

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    Temak
    Negative
    0

    It feels like discontinued program for linux. I can't get it from any source I might.

    • Cinelerra is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • Cinelerra is Privacy focusedAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  11. Cinecred icon

    Cinecred

     15 likes

    Create beautiful film credits without the pain.

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  12. OpenShot icon

    OpenShot

     595 likes

    Open-source, cross-platform video editor with unlimited tracks, simple interface, 3D animated titles, video and audio effects, waveform visualization, trim tools, keyframe animations, drag and drop import, multi-language support, and no export watermarks.

    155 OpenShot alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    OpenShot vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    1

    Versions before 2.2 are not recommended, but the new one is stable and optimized.

    Top Negative Comment
    zokris
    4

    OpenShot is very user-friendly and intuitive, but can absolutely not replace a professional video editor. Too many features are missing.

    maurosoft391
    Negative
    2

    too basic. almost all features are missing and is poorly designed

    3 of 16 comments
    • OpenShot is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenShot is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
  13. Footage icon

    Footage

     5 likes

    Trim, flip, rotate and crop individual clips. Footage is a useful tool for quickly editing short videos and screencasts. It's also capable of exporting any video into a format of your choice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  14. VidCutter icon

    VidCutter

     30 likes

    A modern, simple to use, constantly evolving and hella fast MEDIA CUTTER + JOINER w/ frame-accurate SmartCut technology + Qt5, libmpv, FFmpeg and MediaInfo powering the backend.

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    VidCutter vs Adobe Premiere Pro Comments
    maurosoft391
    Negative
    1

    no multi-track, no effects and the software is poorly designed

    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Its not even smilliar to Premiere Pro. This program is a dumpster fire for any proffesional video editing job that Premiere Pro would handle.

    • VidCutter is Free and Open SourceAdobe Premiere Pro is Paid and Proprietary
    • VidCutter is LightweightAdobe Premiere Pro is not according to our users
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