Open Source Video Editors & Screen Recorders

OBS Studio

obsproject/obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording.

Lossless Cut

mifi/lossless-cut

The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing.

ScreenToGif

NickeManarin/ScreenToGif

ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.

HandBrake

HandBrake/HandBrake

HandBrake's development repository.

Shotcut

mltframework/shotcut

cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor.

Keycastr

keycastr/keycastr

KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer.

Palmier Pro

palmier-io/palmier-pro

macOS video editor built for AI.

Captura

MathewSachin/Captura

Capture Screen, Audio, Cursor, Mouse Clicks and Keystrokes.

Video Subtitle Extractor

YaoFANGUK/video-subtitle-extractor

视频硬字幕提取，生成srt文件。无需申请第三方API，本地实现文本识别。基于深度学习的视频字幕提取框架，包含字幕区域检测、字幕内容提取。A GUI tool for extracting hard-coded subtitle (hardsub) from videos and generating srt files.

Autoclip

zhouxiaoka/autoclip

AutoClip｜一个链接，一键出片。开源 AI 视频剪辑桌面工具，将播客、访谈、课程等长视频自动剪成短视频，生成字幕、封面和发布文案，适配抖音、小红书、TikTok、Reels 与 YouTube Shorts。Open-source AI video clipping & content repurposing.

Opentoonz

opentoonz/opentoonz

OpenToonz - An open-source full-featured 2D animation creation software.

OpenShot

OpenShot/openshot-qt

OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows, and is dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world.

Kdenlive

KDE/kdenlive

Free and open source video editor, based on MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks.

Natron

NatronGitHub/Natron

Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based.

BililiveRecorder

BililiveRecorder/BililiveRecorder

GitHub is a global platform, and theoretically, everyone should use English.

Concat

jub0t/concat

Beta: The truly free, and open-source cross-platform CapCut replacement (supports MCPs).

Openscreen

getopenscreen/openscreen

Record your screen, ship a demo. Free and open-source, GPU-accelerated, no watermarks, no subscriptions.

Filmcraft

storytold/filmcraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere Pro built in pure Rust.

Kooha

SeaDve/Kooha

Capture your screen in an intuitive and straightforward way without distractions.

Clypra

AIEraDev/Clypra

A hardware-accelerated video editor built on Rust, Tauri v2, and React 19.

Ssr

MaartenBaert/ssr

SimpleScreenRecorder, a screen recorder for Linux.

Synfig

synfig/synfig

This is the Official source code repository of Synfig Studio animation software.

OpenChatCut

0xsline/OpenChatCut

Open-source, local-first conversational AI video editor with a professional multi-track timeline, Agent Skills, MCP integration, and Remotion rendering.

HyperHDR

awawa-dev/HyperHDR

Next-gen open source ambient lighting system featuring a high-precision floating-point color pipeline breaking legacy RGB 24-bit limits.

Screendrop

fayazara/Screendrop

A beautiful screenshot + screen recording + Loom alternative - all native, self hostable and free.

Frame

66HEX/frame

Frame is a native media conversion utility built in Rust.

Friction

friction2d/friction

Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video.

BetterCapture

jsattler/BetterCapture

The macOS screen recorder for the rest of us - always free and open source with a native look and feel.

Beutl

b-editor/beutl

Cross-platform video editing (compositing) software.

Subtitle Translator

rockbenben/subtitle-translator

Translate a whole season of subtitles in one pass —.srt/.ass/.vtt/.lrc, 120+ languages, 27 LLM providers, timing untouched ｜ 整季字幕一次译完，时轴不动，支持 120+ 语言.

iPhoneMirror

RayrenSX/iPhoneMirror

Local Windows iPhone/iPad mirroring over USB and AirPlay with D3D11 preview, multi-device sessions, OBS output, and a standalone driver manager.

Open Build Service

openSUSE/open-build-service

Build and distribute Linux packages from sources in an automatic, consistent and reproducible way #obs.

Capptivo

SECHAK-AG/capptivo

Give your demos the spotlight they deserve ( Mac/Windows/Linux ).

Capcut CLI

renezander030/capcut-cli

Independent, unofficial CLI to edit CapCut and JianYing (剪映) projects — subtitles, timing, speed, volume, templates, cut long-form to shorts.

Cartcut

cartesiancs/cartcut

Video Editor for AI agents, built on the belief that open source can beat commercial tools.

Menyoki

orhun/menyoki

Screen{shot,cast} and perform ImageOps on the command line.

Screenize

syi0808/screenize

(Development of Screenize is currently paused) Open-source macOS screen recording app with auto-zoom, cursor effects, and timeline editing — Screen Studio alternative.