Alternatives to Gaupol
An open-source editor for creating, editing and translating text-based subtitle files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Gaupol
An open-source editor for creating, editing and translating text-based subtitle files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Gaupol.
Subtitle Edit
Creates, retimes, translates and fixes subtitles, with a waveform so you can see where the speech is.
Subtitle Edit adds Windows and macOS builds, a waveform and spectrogram for timing, over two hundred formats, and OCR for image-based subtitles, with a busier interface.
Aegisub
A free, open-source cross-platform editor for creating, timing and styling subtitles.
Aegisub is open source under BSD, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and focuses on precise timing and detailed styling with real-time video preview.
Subtitle Composer
An open-source KDE editor for text-based subtitles with a waveform view and video preview.
Subtitle Composer is an open-source KDE editor for Linux and Windows that adds a waveform view and side-by-side subtitles for translation.
Jubler
An open-source subtitle editor for creating, editing, timing and converting text-based subtitles.
Jubler is AGPL-3.0 open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding video preview, a waveform, TED guideline checks and command-line batch tools.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MKVToolNix
Builds, inspects and edits MKV files: add subtitles, drop a track, fix chapters, all without re-encoding.
FileBot
A tool that renames and organizes movie, TV and anime files and fetches subtitles and artwork.
FFmpeg
The command that converts, cuts, streams and inspects essentially any audio or video file in existence.
HandBrake
A video converter that turns files and unprotected discs into MP4, MKV or WebM with presets for common devices.
MediaInfo
Tells you exactly what is inside a video or audio file: codecs, bitrates, resolution, frame rate, subtitle and audio tracks.