Video tools / Shotcut
Shotcut
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux
Where it stands
3.1 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 1 of 3 signals
- Website health3.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
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Measured signals
3.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Shotcut'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 72 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Ads.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 9 classified comments from 1 thread. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“In terms of history, looks like Shotcut had Windows support a few year before Kdenlive, for one. Also the main developer of Shotcut was one of the co-creators of MLT, which is the multimedia framework behind both Shotcut…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“I used both Shotcut and Davinci Resolve on MacOS. Shotcut provided the perfect amount of middle ground between iMovie and all the power user stuff in Davinci. More importantly, Shotcut worked well on my 2014 Macbook Pro…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“My experience was: shotcut makes the hard things hard, and the easy things even harder. DaVinci felt like a straightforward, no BS, just get the job done kind of tool in comparison. I guess my big takeaway was UX was…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I’ve used Shotcut to edit almost all my videos that are on YouTube. It’s not the perfect UX, but it’s surprisingly flexible and capable.”
Read in the thread
Threads: Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor (2022, 98 comments)
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Tasks and scores
- Online video editorNot tested yet
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