Kdenlive
KDE/kdenliveReviewed by Radar
What it does
Kdenlive is a free video editor from the KDE community. You place clips on a timeline, trim and arrange them, add titles, transitions, video and audio effects, and export the result in common video formats. It suits anyone from family-video makers to people doing longer projects. On Windows you download the installer from the official site and run it. This GitHub page is a read-only copy; the main project lives on KDE's own GitLab.
How easy it is to install
A · download and open · Windows
An official Windows installer exists (kdenlive-26.08.2.exe, about 129 MB, listed in winget as KDE.Kdenlive) that you download and run.
Numbers on GitHub
- Stars
- 6,015on Oct 31, 2026
- Downloads
- —all releases
- Growth
- +81stars in 6 days
Stars over time
Facts
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- You need to install
- Nothing extra
- Disk space
- 129 MB–388 MB · from the installer
- Accounts or keys
- None
- Cost
- Free
- License
- GPL-3.0 (Copyleft)
- Can replace
- Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
- Last update
- Oct 31, 2026
This GitHub repository is a mirror; its stars do not show the project's full popularity.
Risk signals
No risk signals found by the checks.
What Radar could not check
- Whether the Windows installer (version 26.08.2) was built from this exact code
- How smoothly it edits and exports high-resolution video on your computer
- Real disk use once you add projects, proxy clips and render files