Shotcut

A free, cross-platform, open-source video editor.

Shotcut is a free, cross-platform, open-source video editor built on the MLT framework. It supports a wide range of formats — anything FFmpeg can read — 4K resolutions, multi-format timelines (clips at different resolutions and frame rates can sit side by side), and a flexible filter system covering colour correction, audio mixing, effects, and chroma keying.

Dan Dennedy, the original author of MLT, also leads Shotcut. The editor is GPL-3.0 and runs natively on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Releases come out roughly monthly and the team publishes a video tutorial alongside each major release.

Shotcut is one of three main free non-linear video editors on Linux (with Kdenlive and OpenShot). It tends to attract users who want a simpler interface than Kdenlive but a more capable filter set than OpenShot. The cross-platform builds and active release cadence have made it popular for educational use as well.

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Category: Media

Website: https://www.shotcut.org/

Install

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install shotcut
Fedora/RHEL:   sudo dnf install shotcut
Flatpak:       flatpak install flathub org.shotcut.Shotcut
macOS:         brew install --cask shotcut

Authors

Meltytech and contributors

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