Free, open-source alternatives to Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a Mac video editor for assembling footage on a timeline, trimming clips, adding titles, transitions and effects, mixing audio and exporting the finished video. The open-source editors below do the same core job of building a video from clips on a timeline.

Kdenlive and Shotcut offer multitrack timelines with a wide range of filters and export settings, and Kdenlive adds proxy editing for heavy footage. OpenShot keeps the interface simpler for shorter projects, while CartCut stacks clips and effects as layers and can generate captions automatically.