CapCut Alternatives

CapCut provides a free video editor with AI tools like automatic captions, text-to-speech, and background removal, plus templates, effects, and royalty-free music. Users appreciate its mobile-friendly approach that makes trimming and merging straightforward, though some report more features being pushed behind paywalls recently and express privacy concerns related to Bytedance.

Kdenlive is the top-ranked alternative and offers open-source multi-track editing with AI subtitle generation for serious desktop workflows. Shotcut ranks second as an open-source option with multi-format timelines and frame-accurate seeking across platforms. Omniclip positions itself as fully free and open-source in the browser, targeting users tired of paying to unlock editor features.

Camtasia includes built-in screen capture plus editing, making it better suited for tutorials and demos that start with recording. The landscape spans from mobile-first social editors to pro desktop suites and open-source tools.

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Open source alternatives like Kdenlive, Shotcut, and OpenShot provide transparent licensing and full desktop timelines without relying on CapCut. Linux users have native options in Kdenlive, DaVinci Resolve, and Shotcut, giving desktop editors alternatives beyond mobile-centric workflows.

Web-based editors like Clipchamp, Omniclip, and Mastershot run in browsers, helpful when you can't install software on work or school machines. For privacy-focused users, Omniclip and OpenCut offer self-hosting options on your own infrastructure. Android users have mobile-first options in InShot, YouTube Create, and LightCut with effects, music, and captions for creators who rarely touch desktop editors. Windows-only desktop suites like VEGAS Pro, Pinnacle Studio, and Corel VideoStudio target users who want dedicated pro-style desktop workflows exclusively on Windows systems.

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  1. Lumiera icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  2. Write-on Video icon
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    Enjoy the fun of video editing with Write-on Video Ultimate. Fast and easy – you can now create videos and scripts simultaneously with Write-on Video.

    107 Write-on Video alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  3. Videdit icon
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    With Videdit, you can edit your videos in a lot of ways and make them more awesome and different.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. ActionCam icon
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    Ashampoo ActionCam features next-gen video stabilization! Even handheld shots taken in full motion become more steady for a realistic, smooth viewing experience - at max resolution, naturally!.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Subtile AI icon
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    Subtile AI is an auto-captioning tool built to save you time by automatically generating accurate captions for your videos using advanced AI. It’s designed to be flexible, letting you customize fonts, colors, and positioning to fit your style and branding.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Vivia icon
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    Vivia is a video editing program for Linux and Windows that offers very user-friendly editing of DV video material. Vivia is Free Software with a GPL license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. AVI ReComp icon
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    AVI ReComp allows you to recompress your AVI files. The application supports not only the files containing audio streams but AVIs without any audio as well.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    VideoSpin allows you to create and edit videos and output them to a variety of formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Video Toolbox icon
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    Most advanced online video editor.With just few clicks you can convert, edit, cut, record, crop or demux video files. A free way edit your movies without installing any software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. WAX icon
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    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.

    84 WAX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Sony Vegas Pro
    • Adobe Premiere Pro
     
  11. HiHaHo icon
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    With HiHaHo, you can make any video interactive. Involve viewers by inserting interactions and integrate them into existing learning tracks.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
     
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    Small, smart, easy to use video editor for fast and lossless AVI editing. No video / audio degradation and out of sync problem arises after editing. All AVI file types of any size and video / audio content are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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