Shotcut
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Since
- Since 2013
Updated
- Updated Nov 2026
Releases
- 8 releases last year8 last year
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Install from the command line
winget install -e --id Meltytech.Shotcutbrew install --cask shotcutflatpak install flathub org.shotcut.Shotcut
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Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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Video & Movies, Photos & Graphics, Audio & Music, System & HardwareGitHub repository
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Comments and Reviews
Shotcut is sophisticated yet light, however, I also found avidemux which is better for fast chopping editing like cropping and portion deletion. Both are FOSS and cross-platform, but Avidemux will cut at multiple points without re-encoding, while Shotcut will require encoding which takes a lot more time. Avidemux cuts are limited to keyframes, whereas Shotcut cuts are more streamlined, but keyframes were fine for my simple tasks.
Note, Avidemux does not natively retain original timestamps. Neither does Shotcut by default, nor does it offer a simple one-click ongoing automated “preserve original timestamp” export option. Shotcut can, however, natively detect original timestamps, and let you set a clip’s creation/capture time to it, and in some cases display it as a visible overlay through the Text filter. To me, this is a considerable weakness in editing personal videos. Lossless Cut retains original timestamps by default, though it doesn't have the same type of advanced filters and editing ability that Shotcut and Avidemux have.
I wanted to give this app a try; I downloaded it initially to mix three audio tracks with some basic volume effects (fade in, fade out, etc.). It’s not very intuitive, but above all, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to do what I wanted with the markers because when you’re in that view, you lose sight of the other tracks. I’m sorry, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.
Much more intuitive than the KDEnlive in details. Crappy performance.
The best that free and open source has to offer as far as video editing is concerned.
Does all the simpler video editing tasks right. It also keeps getting updated with more features, and it's open source and cross-platform.
Pro: the app is free, open source, has support for hardware acceleration of encoding, due to which video export in some cases is several times faster than similar apps without hardware support. Quite a convenient tool for cropping (trimming a frame). Cons: I was unable to crop the video (remove extra fields from the frame using the Crop Rectangle tool). After setting up Crop with preview and applying it to the current video, every time the export ends up with a video without any crop applied. Something doesn't work or is organized in a counterintuitive way.
Best no-nonsense video editor on Linux. I've tried Kdenlive, OpenShot, and Davinci Resolve to no success. All of them had issues. Shotcut ticks all my boxes of being fast, easy, and regularly updated. Notably, the most recent update (24.02 BETA) adds AMD AV1 hardware encoding. No more converting with Handbrake for me. Also, it's great how it doesn't generate a massive video cache for no reason. My only complaint is the instability, and lack of features, like good filters/transitions. I do miss the exceptional Noise Reduction of Premiere Pro, and the color grading of Davinci Resolve, but for my simple needs Shotcut is more than adequate. Shotcut is rock solid for the most part, but will freeze/crash on simple tasks, like editing keyframes or pressing ctrl-z for undo.