Video tools / Kdenlive

Kdenlive

Kdenlive is the acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.

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Free optionSignup unclearFile handling unclearWebsite health 4.2 / 5Community 4.1 / 5

Where it stands

3.8 / 5

Signals score

Not a hands-on test

Based on 2 of 3 signals

Website health4.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
Community4.1 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions

Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works

Rank by signals

10 of 20 · Online video editor 18 of 40 · Video tools

We have not run our own hands-on test on Kdenlive yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work

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Should you use Kdenlive?

A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.

A good fit if…

You want a free option. It states: “Kdenlive is a free and open source video editor. The page says: “Kdenlive. Free and Open Source Video Editor.””

Check first

Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.

Does: Online video editor

Measured signals

4.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08

Read automatically from Kdenlive's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured

Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 278 ms.
Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.

Community feedback

4.1 / 5 · 47 commenters

87% of the 47 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Kdenlive; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works

Positive
“Overall, if you are looking for a free video editor, my experience is that KDenLive is the best you will get (as of 2019). It has some obvious drawback (last time I used it, it was crashing fairly frequently, but a lot…”
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Positive
“I use Kdenlive about once or twice a year to edit/compile racecar footage. The UI has been friendly enough to relearn each time because I use it so infrequently. Unfortunately I can't compare against Lightworks or…”
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Critical
“A few years ago a big complaint against kdenlive was that it would crash all of a sudden, randomly and general instability and generally buggy. Is that the case with say 24.02 or has that thing been improved?”
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Critical
“I haven't tried Kdenlive, but its editing ability looks similar to Blender in that you have to put the clip on the timeline before doing anything. Coming from Lightworks or Media Composer this workflow sucks”
Read in the thread

Threads: Kdenlive: an open-source video editor (2019, 189 comments) · State of Kdenlive (2026, 152 comments) · Kdenlive 24.02 open source video editor released (2024, 56 comments) · Kdenlive 24.05 open source video editor released (2024, 5 comments)

Free tier: Kdenlive is a free and open source video editor. The page says: “Kdenlive. Free and Open Source Video Editor.”
Paid plan: Not stated.
Signup: Not stated.
Watermark: Not stated.
Where files go: Not stated.

From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

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Tasks and scores

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