OpenShot
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OpenShot is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS, designed to be easy to use and quick to learn.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
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Recent News
- POX published news article about OpenShot
OpenShot 3.3 brings new default theme, enhanced ripple editing, & improved Wayland supportOpenShot has released version 3.3 of its free and open-source video editing software, introducing a...
- POX published news article about OpenShot
OpenShot 3.2.1 released with enhanced stability, various fixes, and smoother startupOpenShot has rolled out version 3.2.1 of its video editing software, focusing on enhanced stability...
- POX published news article about OpenShot
OpenShot 3.2 released with new themes, enhanced timeline, and improved performanceOpenShot has released version 3.2 of its free and open-source video editor, introducing a host of n...
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I just needed a simple editor for my basic needs. This is The one!! I've been looking forever and have used several, "Simple editors." I just needed to cut the fat out of a drum video. I'm beyond a newbie. This is quick, Very easy to use with no experience made a great vid!
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- Updated Jun 10, 2025
Comments and Reviews
Works fine. Crashes often and has low performance on Windows, but is fine in Linux.
Looks like it has great potential, but kept crashing in my Quad-Core Windows 10 machine.
On my PC (Windows 10 Pro, core i7 4770k, 16 GB) with the latest OpenShot (2.5.1), a simple click on "Préférences" in the menu, just after starting the software and closing immediately the box of tutorial leads to a crash... Worst than Avidemux!
I just needed a simple editor for my basic needs. This is The one!! I've been looking forever and have used several, "Simple editors." I just needed to cut the fat out of a drum video. I'm beyond a newbie. This is quick, Very easy to use with no experience made a great vid!
I started a YouTube channel 1 year ago. For the first 6 months I used YouTube Creator Studio, but decided to try something else. OpenShot was the first software I tested and have been using it now for 6 months. I'm running Linux Mint 22.
OpenShot isn't without problems, I have the System Package installed but I also use the AppImage. In both instances there are odd behaviors, but i have learned to work around them and they do not interfere.
My experience is all self-taught from reading online and some video tutorials. With that I have steadily increased my production complexity. I'm happy to use OpenShot and will promote it. That being said I am also experimenting with ShotCut now, to see if I'm missing out on something better.
The fact that I can have something as good as OpenShot, running on Linux, and for zero cost is amazing. Sometimes it's hard to believe this is so easily accessible and works so well. Congrats to the team who develops OpenShot.
The new themes undoubtedly make the app more beautiful and intuitive, but unfortunately many features leave something to be desired. The side control panel in (professional mode) is simply not efficient, and shows various bugs such as the disappearance of materials from the timeline. I think it would be interesting for OpenShot to follow the same editing and customization model as Clipchamp, as it would work much better.
I don’t know about Windows, but recently (2024) it works well on Linux. Very easy tool for beginners.
OpenShot is great start for beginners who want to make videos in YouTube but also OpenShot missing some things like animated text and etc plus green screen effect need to be updated because he don't work well because he don't remove all green color he remove the green screen but on the edges of the video he leave green color which is not good even if you try to remove this green color by going to settings of green screen effect this doesn't work.