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 OpenCut.

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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, Open Source, Windows, 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
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    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.

    123 Kdenlive alternatives

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    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  2. Shotcut icon
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    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.

    136 Shotcut alternatives

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    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  3. Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software.

    122 Olive Video Editor alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  4. Avidemux icon
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    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.

    161 Avidemux alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  5. OpenCut icon
     18 likes

    The open source video editor that gets the job done. Simple, powerful, and works on any platform.

    63 OpenCut alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Pitivi icon
     94 likes

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
     
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  7. Flowblade icon
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    Flowblade is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux released under GPL 3 license.

    81 Flowblade alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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  8. Cinelerra icon
     74 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.

    110 Cinelerra alternatives

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  9. OpenShot icon
     582 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.

    139 OpenShot alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  10. Cinecred icon
     15 likes

    Create beautiful film credits without the pain.

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  11. VidCutter icon
     29 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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  12. Footage icon
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    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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