Alternatives to Jubler
An open-source subtitle editor for creating, editing, timing and converting text-based subtitles. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Jubler
An open-source subtitle editor for creating, editing, timing and converting text-based subtitles.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Jubler.
Subtitle Edit
Creates, retimes, translates and fixes subtitles, with a waveform so you can see where the speech is.
Subtitle Edit is MIT licensed with a waveform and spectrogram, over two hundred formats, OCR for image subtitles and built-in speech recognition, though Windows needs 10 22H2 or newer.
Aegisub
A free, open-source cross-platform editor for creating, timing and styling subtitles.
Aegisub is BSD-licensed and cross-platform, focusing on precise timing and detailed styling for typesetting, but it has no command-line batch tools.
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 with a waveform and side-by-side translation view, available for Linux and Windows but not macOS.
Gaupol
An open-source editor for creating, editing and translating text-based subtitle files.
Gaupol is an open source text subtitle editor with translation tools and the aeidon library, but it is mainly aimed at Linux desktops.
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.
FFmpeg
The command that converts, cuts, streams and inspects essentially any audio or video file in existence.
FileBot
A tool that renames and organizes movie, TV and anime files and fetches subtitles and artwork.
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.
