Kdenlive (short for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor) is a powerful, open-source video editing suite that runs natively on Windows, GNU/Linux, and BSD. Built on the MLT multimedia framework, it integrates a wide library of plugin effects for both video and audio processing, giving creators a flexible toolbox without the price tag of commercial NLEs.
Beyond basic cutting and trimming, Kdenlive ships with a full titling tool, a DVD authoring workflow with menu creation, and broad format support through FFmpeg and libav. It handles everything from legacy formats like AVI, QuickTime, WMV, MPEG, and Flash Video, to modern HD standards including HDV and AVCHD, and can export directly to DV devices or burn projects to DVD with chapters and menus.
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File size: 129.0 MB
OS support: Windows
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Important Features
- Non-Linear Video Editing: Full-featured timeline-based editing with multi-track support, trimming, ripple edits, and nested compositions. Supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for PAL, NTSC, and various HD standards including HDV and AVCHD.
- Broad Format Support: Powered by FFmpeg and libav, Kdenlive handles QuickTime, AVI, WMV, MPEG, Flash Video, MKV, and virtually any format the underlying libraries can decode, including 4K and proxy workflows.
- Effects and Transitions: Integrates with the MLT framework to deliver a rich library of plugin effects for video and sound processing, plus compositing, transitions, and audio filters that can be stacked and keyframed.
- Titling and DVD Authoring: Includes a built-in titling tool for creating motion graphics and lower-thirds, along with a DVD authoring solution that can generate menus and chapter markers for completed projects.
- DV Device Export: Videos can be exported directly to DV devices or written to DVD with chapters and simple menus, making the editor a complete studio from capture to delivery.
- Automatic Track Creation: New in 26.08.0, the editor automatically generates audio tracks when adding a clip if existing tracks are insufficient, speeding up the assembly of complex projects.
- Reorderable Timeline Tracks: Tracks can now be moved up and down directly in the timeline, a long-requested workflow improvement that makes project reorganization far more intuitive.
- Custom Clip Colors: Users can configure distinct colors for different clip types — video, audio, titles, images, and slideshows — making dense timelines easier to scan visually.
Technical Details
| Software Name | Kdenlive |
|---|---|
| Version | 26.08.0 |
| License | Open Source |
| File Size | 129.0 MB |
| OS Support | Windows |
| Language | English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and many more |
| Developer | KDE Community |
| Homepage | https://kdenlive.org/en/ |
| Changelogurl | https://kdenlive.org/en/2026/08/kdenlive-26-08-0-released/ |
| Last Updated | September 1, 2026 |
What’s New
- Automatic track creation: audio tracks are now created on demand when adding a clip if existing tracks are insufficient
- Reorder timeline tracks: tracks can be moved up and down directly in the timeline
- More flexible timeline editing: Duplicate Clip, draggable clip markers, insert by embedded timecode, and copy selection into a new sequence
- Automatic markers at gaps: a new Add Markers at Gaps function places markers automatically at timeline gaps
- New Transform controls: arbitrary rotation anchor lets users pick exactly where an object rotates
- Better effects: Gradient Map now supports up to 32 stops, plus six new effects including gradientmap, baltan, lightgraffiti, lagfun, and pseudocolor
- Titler improvements: copy/paste, rounded rectangle corners, snapping, and visual alignment guides
- Stability-focused release: 11 crash fixes plus modernization of the QML loader for clips and compositions
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