# olive-editor/olive

Free open-source non-linear video editor

Repository: https://github.com/olive-editor/olive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/olive
Homepage: https://olivevideoeditor.org/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cpp, cross-platform, glsl, opengl, qt, video-editor, vst, macos, linux, windows, hardware-acceleration
Last push: 2024-12-05T10:34:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3173, "days_push": 636, "days_rel": 636, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9125, forks 617 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.501730+00:00)

## What it is
Olive is a free, open-source non-linear video editor built with C++ and Qt, using OpenGL for hardware-accelerated rendering. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux but is explicitly alpha software considered highly unstable.

## Use cases
- edit videos on linux without paying for proprietary software
- free alternative to premiere pro or final cut
- cut and arrange clips on a timeline
- non-linear video editing across windows mac and linux
- open source video editor with hardware acceleration

## When to choose
- you want a free open-source NLE on Linux, Windows, or macOS
- you're willing to test unstable alpha software and report bugs
- you prefer compiling from source or trying nightly builds

## When to avoid
- you need a stable editor for production work
- you require a mature feature set and polished UX
- you can't tolerate crashes or missing features in alpha software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: non-linear-editor, video-editing, opengl, qt, open-source, alpha-software, video, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- olive-editor/olive (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.501730+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:25.704745+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/olive-editor/olive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.501730+00:00, sha c442e0ba47ba)
  - homepage: https://olivevideoeditor.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:35.382028+00:00, sha 81049dc16a46)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.