Media & Entertainment / Video Editing Verified 26 Apr 2026

Pitivi

Open-source non-linear video editor with 70+ transitions, 100+ effects and object tracking

Paris, France · Founded 2004 · Open source
A European alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro Apple Final Cut Pro DaVinci Resolve Wondershare Filmora CapCut Camtasia Descript

About Pitivi

Pitivi is a free, open-source non-linear video editor for Linux that originated in 2004 as a student project at Epitech in France, led by Edward Hervey. Today it is part of the GNOME project and developed by community contributors with engineering support from Collabora. The editor offers trimming, snapping, splitting and clip cutting, more than 70 industry-standard transitions and over 100 effects with keyframe animation, audio mixing visualised on the waveform and, since the 2022.06 release, object tracking and blurring plus beat detection. Through GStreamer it was the first open-source editor to support MXF.

Quick facts

Pricing model Open source
Free trial
Open source Yes
Self-hostable Yes
Public API No
Target audience B2C
Company size fit All
DPA available Yes
Data stored in EU Yes
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