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openshot-qt

by OpenShot

OpenShot is a free desktop video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. It lets you cut, arrange, add titles and effects to video clips, and export them in many formats.

Check the licenceNo standard licence detected. Read the licence before using it commercially.

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Stars
6.7k +5 a day
Licence
Unclear
Runs on
Your computer
Setup
Easy
Language
Python
Age
4172 days

What you can do with it

  • Edit videos on an unlimited number of tracks, with trimming, cutting, transitions and speed changes
  • Add titles, watermarks, scrolling credits and animated 2D or 3D titles
  • Apply effects such as chroma key (green screen) and brightness changes, then export in many formats

Could replace

  • Adobe Premiere Elements
  • Corel VideoStudio

Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.

Make money with it

Offer paid video editing for local businesses, such as social clips, promotional videos or event highlights, using OpenShot as your free editing software.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Produce product demos, adverts and social media videos in-house instead of paying an editor or a subscription
  • Offer simple video editing to clients, such as trimming, adding branded titles and exporting finished files

Can you use it commercially?

No standard licence detected. Read the licence before using it commercially.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Download a ready-made installer from the OpenShot website; building from source needs Python, Qt, FFmpeg and the libopenshot libraries.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • Licence is not detected automatically, though the README states GPL v3 or later
  • Hardware encoding and decoding is described as experimental
  • Daily builds on the download page are experimental

Who's talking about it

Checked 02 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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