Open source alternatives to iMovie

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

What iMovie does

Edit videos on a timelinecore
Trim, cut and arrange clipscore
Titles and transitions
Music and voiceover
Themes and trailers
Export and share

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 it88%	2.4k+71	1,120	9 days ago	87%	Install like an app	GPL-3.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Not shown: Themes and trailers.See the evidence Edit videos on a timelinecoreYesThe timeline snaps to the beat. Trim, cut and arrange clipscoreYesTrim, split, snap and undo Titles and transitionsYespark a title behind the subject Music and voiceoverYesVoices that speak your script. Themes and trailersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Export and shareYesthen export a polished video

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