Shotcut

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About Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is built on the MLT multimedia authoring framework and uses Qt 6 for its native interface, with FFmpeg providing broad support for video and audio formats and codecs. Shotcut supports multi-track editing, a wide range of video plugins via Frei0r, and cross-platform audio playback via SDL. The project is maintained primarily by Dan Dennedy with contributions from the open-source community, and pre-built binaries are regularly published. Shotcut can be built from source using CMake or Qt Creator for developers and contributors. Translation is community-driven via Transifex. Shotcut is licensed under GPLv3 and is a popular free alternative to commercial video editing software.

Key Features

• Free, open-source, cross-platform video editing
• Built on the MLT multimedia authoring framework
• Native Qt 6 user interface
• Wide format and codec support via FFmpeg
• Video effects and plugins via Frei0r
• Cross-platform audio playback via SDL
• Multi-track timeline editing
• Regularly published pre-built binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Build from source via CMake or Qt Creator
• Community-driven translations via Transifex
• Active development with public roadmap
• GPLv3 licensed open-source project

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