Adobe Premiere Pro replacements
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Kdenlive Green Independent alternative
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
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| Stage | Mature |
| Latest release | Mature |
| GitHub stars | 5.9k (14 Oct 2026) |
Shotcut Green Independent alternative
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
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| Stage | Mature |
| Latest release | v26.9.27 (Sep 2026) |
| GitHub stars | 15.4k (14 Oct 2026) |
FilmCraft Amber Rebuild
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
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| Stage | Early |
| Latest release | v0.7.2 (12 Oct 2026) |
| GitHub stars | 13.0k (14 Oct 2026) |
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