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CapCutOpenShot
Freemium

Free with optional paid Pro features.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL. The project sells an optional video course and accepts…

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Templates make it fast to produce social-media-ready edits
  • Available across desktop, mobile, and web
  • Unlimited tracks and layers with drag and drop, snapping and frame-accurate stepping
  • Curve-based keyframe animation, time mapping and speed changes on clips
  • Owned by ByteDance, which raises data-handling concerns for some users
  • Some advanced AI editing tools sit behind a paid tier
  • Stability on long or complex timelines has been a recurring complaint
  • Hardware encoding and decoding are marked experimental
Downloadable app, Web application Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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