What OpenShot Video Edit does
OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open source video editor for Linux, Mac and Windows, designed to be quick to learn. It suits anyone who wants to edit video on the desktop without subscriptions. The site names timeline editing across unlimited tracks for video, audio and images, color grading with wheels, curves, LUTs and scopes such as histograms, waveforms and vectorscopes, creative effects including chroma key, blur and lens flares, interactive video masks that select a subject or region, visual keyframe animation, and audio visualization effects. Version 4.0 adds screen, webcam and audio recording. The software is free, with no watermarks or project limits, and accepts donations.
How OpenShot Video Edit compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as OpenShot Video Edit does. 2 of the 5 offer an API, as OpenShot Video Edit does. OpenShot Video Edit offers a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a desktop app. OpenShot Video Edit was founded in 2008; the alternatives were founded between 1999 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. OpenShot Video Edit is based in Rockwall, United States; 1 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States too, and the others in China and Australia.