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![]() OpenShot Video Editor Main Window | |
Original author(s) | Jonathan Thomas |
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Developer(s) | OpenShot Studios, LLC |
Initial release | August 2008[1] |
Stable release | 3.2.1
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Repository | |
Written in | Python, PyQt, C++ (libopenshot library) |
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS |
Available in | 172 languages |
Type | Video editing software |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later [3] |
Website |
www |
OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS. The project started in August 2008 by Jonathan Thomas, with the objective of providing a stable, free, and friendly to use video editor. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The program supports Windows, macOS, and Linux ever since version 2.1.0 (released in 2016). [9] OpenShot added support for ChromeOS in version 2.6.0 (released in 2021). [10] There is an unofficial portable version beginning in 2020. [11]
OpenShot is written in Python, PyQt5, C++ and offers a Python API. [12] OpenShot's core video editing functionality is implemented in a C++ library, libopenshot. The core audio editing is based on the JUCE library.
OpenShot supports commonly used video compression formats that are supported by FFmpeg, including WebM ( VP9), AVCHD ( libx264), HEVC ( libx265), and audio codecs such as mp3 ( libmp3lame) and aac ( libfaac). The program can render MPEG4, ogv, Blu-ray and DVD video, Full HD, 4K UHD, 8K UHD, and 16K UHD videos. [13]
OpenShot is distributed via appimage. That means they provide a single binary that can be run on just about any modern Linux distribution. I personally tested this out on openSUSE Tumbleweed with great success—but it should run just as easily on Debian, Fedora or others. I love this approach to distributing software directly from the developers.
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![]() OpenShot Video Editor Main Window | |
Original author(s) | Jonathan Thomas |
---|---|
Developer(s) | OpenShot Studios, LLC |
Initial release | August 2008[1] |
Stable release | 3.2.1
[2]
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Repository | |
Written in | Python, PyQt, C++ (libopenshot library) |
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS |
Available in | 172 languages |
Type | Video editing software |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later [3] |
Website |
www |
OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS. The project started in August 2008 by Jonathan Thomas, with the objective of providing a stable, free, and friendly to use video editor. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The program supports Windows, macOS, and Linux ever since version 2.1.0 (released in 2016). [9] OpenShot added support for ChromeOS in version 2.6.0 (released in 2021). [10] There is an unofficial portable version beginning in 2020. [11]
OpenShot is written in Python, PyQt5, C++ and offers a Python API. [12] OpenShot's core video editing functionality is implemented in a C++ library, libopenshot. The core audio editing is based on the JUCE library.
OpenShot supports commonly used video compression formats that are supported by FFmpeg, including WebM ( VP9), AVCHD ( libx264), HEVC ( libx265), and audio codecs such as mp3 ( libmp3lame) and aac ( libfaac). The program can render MPEG4, ogv, Blu-ray and DVD video, Full HD, 4K UHD, 8K UHD, and 16K UHD videos. [13]
OpenShot is distributed via appimage. That means they provide a single binary that can be run on just about any modern Linux distribution. I personally tested this out on openSUSE Tumbleweed with great success—but it should run just as easily on Debian, Fedora or others. I love this approach to distributing software directly from the developers.