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OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source, non-linear video editor for Linux, Mac OS, Windows, built with Python, GTK, and the MLT Framework. Our goal is to create an easy-to-use, powerful, non-linear video editor, with a focus on "User Interface", "Work flow", and "Stability".
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Download OpenShot Video Editor 4.1.1 Windows 64-bit 237MB Win64
Download OpenShot Video Editor 4.1.1 Mac Intel 64-bit 294MB Mac64
Download OpenShot Video Editor 4.1.1 Linux 64-bit 247MB Linux64
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v4.1.1
Highlights & Features:
Updated builds: a small maintenance release rebuilt on new runners with updated FFmpeg dependencies and stronger packaging checks.
GPU exports: added AMD AMF and HEVC NVENC/QSV presets, sharper GPU badges on high-DPI displays, and validated GPU alternatives before falling back to CPU encoding. Export targets and badges now follow the actual encoder.
Reliability fixes: improved saving on Windows and network shares, handled concurrent text-thumbnail updates, restored Qt6 event compatibility, and fixed long macOS agent socket paths.
Packaging and credits: corrected bundled runtime and resource handling across platforms and refreshed supporter credits.
Library dependency: this release uses libopenshot 1.1.1, including Mac VideoToolbox export crash fix.
openshot-qt Changelog (Version: 4.1.1)
eead0c7 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Prefer validated GPU export replacements and synchronize target badges HEAD, origin/release-20261101
539fea5 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Keep GPU badges sharp on high-DPI displays
7d0b723 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Restore the Python inline-code flag in Linux package checks
334ca14 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Address release packaging static analysis findings
c52fbc2 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Compare packaged resource paths by filesystem identity
15954e7 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Respect macOS bundle resource paths before and after DMG packaging
e90a197 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Include native DLL setup in isolated launcher fixtures
19fd185 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Add hardware export preset names to the translation template
6a3adde 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Resolve frozen application assets beside the executable
338b0bf 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Verify Linux hardware exports in the packaged runtime
0e45eb4 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Preserve hardware FFmpeg runtimes and check frozen export presets
101dec8 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Expose AMF and HEVC export presets and restore the Mac GPU badge
2c3f7ae 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Refresh supporter credits for OpenShot 4.1.1
866fe1d 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Reuse concurrently rendered text thumbnails when Windows locks them
3953d52 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Allow atomic saves on shares without Unix permission support
ad7fccc 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Retry atomic saves briefly when Windows locks the destination
622a721 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Shorten agent socket names for macOS temporary paths
6c11a5c 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Restore Qt6 tooltip and focus event aliases
e7a39e5 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Include dynamic PyOpenGL backends in frozen builds
a63466d 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Bump OpenShot to 4.1.1 for the runner rebuild
60d7cd0 2026-10-31 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6228 from OpenShot/release-20261025 origin/develop
389de9e 2026-10-31 Jonathan Thomas Translate OpenShot 4.1 guide and repair multilingual builds
Highlights & Features:
Updated builds: a small maintenance release rebuilt on new runners with updated FFmpeg dependencies and stronger packaging checks.
GPU exports: added AMD AMF and HEVC NVENC/QSV presets, sharper GPU badges on high-DPI displays, and validated GPU alternatives before falling back to CPU encoding. Export targets and badges now follow the actual encoder.
Reliability fixes: improved saving on Windows and network shares, handled concurrent text-thumbnail updates, restored Qt6 event compatibility, and fixed long macOS agent socket paths.
Packaging and credits: corrected bundled runtime and resource handling across platforms and refreshed supporter credits.
Library dependency: this release uses libopenshot 1.1.1, including Mac VideoToolbox export crash fix.
openshot-qt Changelog (Version: 4.1.1)
eead0c7 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Prefer validated GPU export replacements and synchronize target badges HEAD, origin/release-20261101
539fea5 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Keep GPU badges sharp on high-DPI displays
7d0b723 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Restore the Python inline-code flag in Linux package checks
334ca14 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Address release packaging static analysis findings
c52fbc2 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Compare packaged resource paths by filesystem identity
15954e7 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Respect macOS bundle resource paths before and after DMG packaging
e90a197 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Include native DLL setup in isolated launcher fixtures
19fd185 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Add hardware export preset names to the translation template
6a3adde 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Resolve frozen application assets beside the executable
338b0bf 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Verify Linux hardware exports in the packaged runtime
0e45eb4 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Preserve hardware FFmpeg runtimes and check frozen export presets
101dec8 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Expose AMF and HEVC export presets and restore the Mac GPU badge
2c3f7ae 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Refresh supporter credits for OpenShot 4.1.1
866fe1d 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Reuse concurrently rendered text thumbnails when Windows locks them
3953d52 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Allow atomic saves on shares without Unix permission support
ad7fccc 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Retry atomic saves briefly when Windows locks the destination
622a721 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Shorten agent socket names for macOS temporary paths
6c11a5c 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Restore Qt6 tooltip and focus event aliases
e7a39e5 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Include dynamic PyOpenGL backends in frozen builds
a63466d 2026-11-01 Jonathan Thomas Bump OpenShot to 4.1.1 for the runner rebuild
60d7cd0 2026-10-31 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6228 from OpenShot/release-20261025 origin/develop
389de9e 2026-10-31 Jonathan Thomas Translate OpenShot 4.1 guide and repair multilingual builds
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OpenShot's Features include:
* Support for many video, audio, and image formats (based on FFmpeg)
* Gnome integration (drag and drop support)
* Multiple tracks
* Clip resizing, trimming, snapping, and cutting
* Video transitions with real-time previews
* Compositing, image overlays, watermarks
* Title templates, title creation
* SVG friendly, to create and include titles and credits
* Scrolling motion picture credits
* Solid color clips (including alpha compositing)
* Support for Rotoscoping / Image sequences
* Drag and drop timeline
* Frame stepping, key-mappings: J,K, and L keys
* Video encoding (based on FFmpeg)
* Key Frame animation
* Digital zooming of video clips
* Speed changes on clips (slow motion etc)
* Custom transition lumas and masks
* Re-sizing of clips (frame size)
* Audio mixing and editing
* Presets for key frame animations and layout
* Ken Burns effect (making video by panning over an image)
* Support for many video, audio, and image formats (based on FFmpeg)
* Gnome integration (drag and drop support)
* Multiple tracks
* Clip resizing, trimming, snapping, and cutting
* Video transitions with real-time previews
* Compositing, image overlays, watermarks
* Title templates, title creation
* SVG friendly, to create and include titles and credits
* Scrolling motion picture credits
* Solid color clips (including alpha compositing)
* Support for Rotoscoping / Image sequences
* Drag and drop timeline
* Frame stepping, key-mappings: J,K, and L keys
* Video encoding (based on FFmpeg)
* Key Frame animation
* Digital zooming of video clips
* Speed changes on clips (slow motion etc)
* Custom transition lumas and masks
* Re-sizing of clips (frame size)
* Audio mixing and editing
* Presets for key frame animations and layout
* Ken Burns effect (making video by panning over an image)
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Guides and How to's
OpenShot Video Editor Masks & Transitions Video Tutorial
- ReadOpenShot Video Editor video tutorials
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I tried to like this but the interface is really obscure, e.g, saturation involves picking an arbitrary number vs. a slider. I couldn't get hardware acceleration to work. I can see how this could be a good basic editor, maybe it tries to do too much. It's pleasant to look at, imports work fine, assembling clips is slow, modifying clips is difficult. I can install a number of NLE's and get going immediately, they're mostly the same. Not here, it's poorly structured. Well, it's free.
Review by bluey on
Dec 6, 2025 Version: 3.3.0
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 3/10
Functionality: 4/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
Rating by Martin on
Jul 31, 2024 Version: 3.2.1
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
I had been using OpenShot for simple video creation for few years and loved working with it. The old versions such as 2.5.0 were OK for my purposes. But the later versions have a lagging issue. Most of the time, the playhead does not move, or moves very slowly which makes it is impossible to use. This has been a good video editor for simple videos until the new versions were released. It is regrettable to see a good and useful software comes to this fate. It is high time to debug the codes and rectify the problem.
Review by Sajla on
Nov 9, 2022 Version: 2.6.1
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 5/10
Working with new release (2.6.1) Suspect this might be easier, eventually, but lacks any user documentation for new release. "Intermediate" level users such as myself need guidance on new tools (?Origin X/Y replacing Crop??)
Review by EvD on
Oct 29, 2021 Version: 2.6.1
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 6/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
Having used much older versions of the program which crashed every few minutes, I was impressed when I edited and exported a video with no problems in about ten minutes
I then tried to make a slide show using around 30 jpg photos and a music track but after trying to fiddle with transitions, the program froze completely. I couldn't close it and didn't know about killw at that stage so I restarted the computer.
When I restarted I tried to open Openshot but it flashed instantly and then closed each time. I thought if I removed my project source files it would be ok, but now while I can open the program I am in a permanent loop demanding I find the directory for the files, but with no 'cancel' option or ability to access the main menu and start a new project. I downloaded the daily update to see if this might make a difference but that is no different.
I am not sure what to do next as somewhere the AppImage file has made start up files but despite lots of searches in system files I cannot find these.
I then tried to make a slide show using around 30 jpg photos and a music track but after trying to fiddle with transitions, the program froze completely. I couldn't close it and didn't know about killw at that stage so I restarted the computer.
When I restarted I tried to open Openshot but it flashed instantly and then closed each time. I thought if I removed my project source files it would be ok, but now while I can open the program I am in a permanent loop demanding I find the directory for the files, but with no 'cancel' option or ability to access the main menu and start a new project. I downloaded the daily update to see if this might make a difference but that is no different.
I am not sure what to do next as somewhere the AppImage file has made start up files but despite lots of searches in system files I cannot find these.
Review by bertiefox on
Dec 27, 2018 Version: OpenShot-v2.4.3-dev2-1545894458-a8f75a5b-3861a2c5-
OS: Linux Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 3/10
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