Free, open-source alternatives to Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editor used for everything from short social clips to long-form films: cutting footage, layering tracks, adding effects and titles, mixing sound and exporting. The open-source editors below do that same job of assembling and exporting edited video.

Kdenlive and Shotcut are full multitrack editors with keyframed effects, transitions and detailed export controls, and Kdenlive supports proxy clips for heavy footage. OpenShot is easier to learn for simpler edits, and CartCut uses a layer-based timeline with keyframes and automatic captions.