Open Source Adobe Premiere Pro Alternatives

    Adobe Premiere Pro is described as 'Edit video faster than ever before with the powerful, more connected Adobe Premiere® Pro CC'. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Premiere Pro for various platforms. The best alternative is Kdenlive, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Premiere Pro are Shotcut (Free, Open Source), Olive Video Editor (Free, Open Source), OpenShot (Free, Open Source) and Avidemux (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated May 9, 2021
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    • Kdenlive

      Kdenlive is a non linear video editor. It is based on the MLT framework and accepts many audio and video formats, allows you to add effects, transitions and render into the format of your choice. View 98 alternatives to Kdenlive
      Almost everyone thinks Kdenlive is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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      Kdenlive vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      Melutox Probably the best video editing program for small creators out there, and it's open source like all good software should be, and on top of that it's also free! If you want an alternative to those expensive, complicated industry standard programs and you want the experience to be easy and hassle-free, Kdenlive is for you.
      Top positive comment  7 months ago

      EvergreenTrees The only nonlinear video editor I've found with automatic shot/scene detection for splitting larger clips.
      Top positive comment  over 4 years ago

      The installer for Windows is broken and not updated.
      Top negative comment  11 months ago

      Its garbage compared to Premiere Pro.
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

      OKTAYMERCAN Good alternative. Old problems looks like a fixed that is good. Free and Open source that is awesome :)
      Positive comment • almost 2 years ago

      hai it is best alternative
      Positive comment • about 2 years ago

      austinkessler This software has to most to offer as an opensource/free video editor. It doesn't have a big learning curve, and the community for support is huge.
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

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    • Shotcut

      Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform, non-linear video editor. View 103 alternatives to Shotcut
      Most users think Shotcut is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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      Shotcut vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      its just like premiere its very good for beginers
      Top positive comment  7 months ago

      Its design language and features are all I need from a video editor, it's also Open Source so you can make derivative versions on your own, if you know how.
      Top positive comment  about 4 years ago

      It's supposedly a "non-linear multitrack" editor, but you can't even select multiple clips at once on the timeline. A real pain.
      Top negative comment  about 3 years ago

      It is so user friendly and also has a lot of features. It works well with low end PC
      Positive comment • 6 months ago

      Very simple yet very powerful! Following a simple tutorial you can create pro videos. And it is totally free. Thank you!
      Positive comment • 6 months ago

      lau22 Of all the free Premiere alternatives I've tried, this is the easiest one to work with and it seems very reliable.
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

      mahdimeskin It is a free software, it doesn't crash every time like other free softwares
      Positive comment • about 3 years ago

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    • Olive Video Editor

      Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software. View 95 alternatives to Olive Video Editor
      Almost everyone thinks Olive Video Editor is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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      Olive Video Editor vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      is a true alternative to adobe premiere pro ;)
      Top positive comment  about 2 years ago

      the editing is very easy to understand, and it alrady has a lot of great features. its also completely free, which is awesome
      Top positive comment  over 1 year ago

      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
      Positive comment • 5 months ago

      Interface is very similar
      Positive comment • 7 months ago

      apranaxfort I am really surprised when I tried Olive. It's very well made it's are real alternative to Adobe Premiere
      Positive comment • 10 months ago

      It's a good choice for Beginners.
      Positive comment • about 1 year ago

      It is THE open source alternative to Premiere Pro
      Positive comment • about 1 year ago

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    • OpenShot

      We designed OpenShot Video Editor to be an easy to use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor. Take a quick look at some of our most popular features and capabilities. View 110 alternatives to OpenShot
      Some users think OpenShot is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro, some don't.
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      OpenShot vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      its like premiere and is easy to use
      Top positive comment  about 4 years ago

      Versions before 2.2 are not recommended, but the new one is stable and optimized.
      Top positive comment  over 4 years ago

      it's verry basic compared to premire
      Top negative comment  about 2 years ago

      zokris OpenShot is very user-friendly and intuitive, but can absolutely not replace a professional video editor. Too many features are missing.
      Negative comment • 8 months ago

      With OpenShot it's impossible change even font's size and the font itself. Have to use another software for this, Inkscape in this case?!. Are you kidding me? I can not understand how snap works, well, always if it works. Its interface looks so "childish". And it lags when preview. No "paragon" with Adobe Pr. Trying it was just waste of time. V 2.5.1 @Win10 @i7-8850H with 16GB Ram.
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

      Not easy to use and some of the controls are just weird/confusing.
      Negative comment • over 1 year ago

      Its more like iMovie than Adobe Premiere Pro
      Negative comment • over 2 years ago

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    • Avidemux

      Free and simple video editor that supports a variety of file types and automated tasks. View 120 alternatives to Avidemux
      This alternative is disputed. Avidemux is still a legitimate alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
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      Avidemux vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      Premiere is an NLE, non-linear editor, it has a multitrack timeline in which multiple clips from various sources can be cut together. Avidemux does not have a multi-track timeline and can only set basic in/out cut points and join clips together in a strictly linear fashion; it is a linear editor at best.
      Negative comment • almost 6 years ago

      avidemux is used only for coding, so actual cutting is impossible
      Negative comment • almost 6 years ago

    • PiTiVi

      PiTiVi is an open source non-linear video editor, written in Python and based on GStreamer and GTK+. View 82 alternatives to PiTiVi
      Most users think PiTiVi is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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      PiTiVi vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      PiTiVi did the job where Adobe Premiere did NOT !
      Positive comment • 4 months ago

    • Cinelerra

      Cinelerra is a highly advanced and professional non-linear video editing software, but still remains open source. View 79 alternatives to Cinelerra
      Almost everyone thinks Cinelerra is a great alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
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    • VidCutter

      A modern, simple to use, constantly evolving and hella fast MEDIA CUTTER + JOINER w/ frame-accurate SmartCut technology. View 37 alternatives to VidCutter
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      VidCutter vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      Its not even smilliar to Premiere Pro. This program is a dumpster fire for any proffesional video editing job that Premiere Pro would handle.
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

    • Flowblade

      Flowblade is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux released under GPL 3 license. View 48 alternatives to Flowblade
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      Flowblade vs Adobe Premiere Pro
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      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.
      Negative comment • about 4 years ago

    • Vidiot

      non-linear video editor targeted for home video editing. View 98 alternatives to Vidiot
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