Open source alternatives to CapCut

4 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what CapCut does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What CapCut does

Cut and arrange clips on a timelinecore
Short-form social videoscore
Auto captions
Effects, filters and transitions
Templates
Music and sound library
Export without watermark

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
DriftFree desktop video editor built with Qt 6 and FFmpeg	Replaces it89%	2.4k+71	1,120	9 days ago	87%	Install like an app	GPL-3.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Templates; Music and sound library.See the evidence Cut and arrange clips on a timelinecoreYesThe timeline snaps to the beat. Short-form social videoscoreYesReels and Shorts, game clips, school projects Auto captionsYesAutomatic captions, voices, video upscale Effects, filters and transitionsYes150+ transitions and 40+ effects. TemplatesPartlysave looks you like as reusable templates Music and sound libraryPartlyadd effects, captions, stickers, and music Export without watermarkYesno subscription, no watermark, and no account
openreel-videoIn-browser video editor with no install, no uploads and no watermarks	Replaces it72%	5.7k+59	11	3 months ago	100%	Runs in a browser	MIT
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Auto captions. Not shown: Templates; Music and sound library.See the evidence Cut and arrange clips on a timelinecoreYesTrim, split, crop, ripple delete, rearrange clips Short-form social videoscoreYesFrom a quick social clip to a longer edit Auto captionsPartlyCreate and style captions, import SRT subtitles Effects, filters and transitionsYesAdd effects, masks, and chroma key. TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Music and sound libraryNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Export without watermarkYesNo export watermark.
DonkeyOpen source video editor for cutting and assembling short videos	Replaces it72%	338+2	1,571	yesterday	Too few	Install like an app	Apache-2.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Music and sound library. Not shown: Templates; Export without watermark.See the evidence Cut and arrange clips on a timelinecoreYesa multi-track timeline, captions, music, effects Short-form social videoscoreYesVertical · 9:16 Auto captionsYesCaptions and transcription run locally on your Mac. Effects, filters and transitionsYesEffects Transitions Video Image Audio Subtitles TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Music and sound libraryPartlyGenerate video, images, voiceovers, and music. Export without watermarkNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
OpenCutOpen-source video editor with a timeline, as a free alternative to CapCut	Replaces it39%	98k+631	1	7 months ago	14%	Install like an app	MIT
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Short-form social videos; Export without watermark. Not shown: Auto captions; Effects, filters and transitions; Templates; Music and sound library.See the evidence Cut and arrange clips on a timelinecoreYesOpen-source video editor with a timeline Short-form social videoscorePartlyThe open-source CapCut alternative Auto captionsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Effects, filters and transitionsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Music and sound libraryNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Export without watermarkPartlyA free and open source video editor

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