Lumiera is NonLinear Video Editing (NLE) for GNU/Linux developed by the CinelerraCV community. It was born as a rewrite of the Cinelerra codebase called Cinelerra3 but it is now an independent project with its own name.


The best free alternative to Avisynth is Lumiera, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked seven alternatives to Avisynth and three of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Avisynth are WAX and VapourSynth.
Lumiera is NonLinear Video Editing (NLE) for GNU/Linux developed by the CinelerraCV community. It was born as a rewrite of the Cinelerra codebase called Cinelerra3 but it is now an independent project with its own name.


Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease every time.

A video processing framework with simplicity in mind. VapourSynth has been heavily inspired by Avisynth and aims to be a 21st century rewrite, taking advantage of the advancements computers have made since the late 90s.