OpenShot Video Editor
OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 54
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 94
- age_days: 4111
- days_rel: 147
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
6203 stars · 762 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor built with Python/PyQt5 and a C++ FFmpeg-based backend (libopenshot). It offers timeline-based editing with unlimited tracks, keyframe animations, transitions, effects, and 3D animated titles.
Use cases
- trim and cut video clips on a timeline
- add keyframe animations and transitions to videos
- create scrolling credits and title cards
- remove background with chroma key
- slow down or speed up video clips
- mix and edit audio tracks with waveforms
- export videos in many codecs and formats
When to choose
- you need a free cross-platform GUI video editor for Linux, Mac, or Windows
- you want unlimited tracks, keyframe animation, and effects without paying for commercial software
- you need broad format support via FFmpeg including EDL/XML import and export
When to avoid
- you need a command-line or scriptable video processing pipeline rather than a GUI
- you require professional-grade color grading or collaborative editing workflows
- you need guaranteed stability for mission-critical production, as some features like hardware encoding are experimental
Facets
application · maturity active
video-processing audio-processing animation gui media cross-platform windows cross-platform python cpp video-editor ffmpeg qt5 keyframe-animation video-effects timeline-editing gplv3 3d-titles video linux macos desktop
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt · fetched 2026-08-28 · abcbd2fbac99
- homepage: http://www.openshot.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9aa285b7eb22
- site_page: https://www.openshot.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · f9cedc20a17f
- site_page: https://www.openshot.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 019e6057e70a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShot/openshot-qt | main | 83 |
| OpenShot/libopenshot | backend | 83 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="OpenShot/openshot-qt")
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