Kdenlive for Mac
Free and open-source video editor.
Free
In English
Version 25.04.1When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Kdenlive overview
Kdenlive is a free and open-source video editor for macOS, Windows and Linux.
It was designed to answer most needs — from basic video editing to professional work.
Features:
- Multi-track video editing
- Use any audio / video format
- Configurable interface and shortcuts
- Titler
- Many effects and transitions
- Audio and video scopes
- Proxy editing
- Automatic backup
- Online resources
- Timeline preview
- Keyframeable effects
- Themable interface
What’s new in version 25.04.1
- Audio thumbnail generation: set discard flag for all but selected streams to reduce I/O.
- Fix crash deleting multiple bin clips.
- Fix crash on profile change while loading clips. See issue #2001.
- Don't try to cancel finished tasks. See issue #2001.
- Drop unique_ptr in favor of plain pointers to avoid dangling connections. See issue #2001
- Ensure the python venv is found before launching mask task.
- Fix high memory consumption of SAM2.
- Fix AMF checksum.
- Fix AMF download url.
- Fix audio mixer volume spinbox not really changing volume. See bug #503662.
- Fix release script catching incorrect version for Kdenlive.
- Fix pasting text with multiple lines in notes widget not seeing timecode.
- Fix crash moving single clip from group and standalone clip. Fixes bug #503626.
- Fix ghost widget and other layout issues in effectstack. Fixes bug #503562.
- Fix background removal not starting with box selection.
- Update copyright to 2025.
- Fix project corruption when pasting sequences into another project. Fixes bug #503227.
- Allow recovering project files with invalid sequence in bin. See bug #503227.
- Add spinbox with values in titler's gradient editor. See bug #502869.
- Fix titles cannot be created on first run.
- Fix titler text shadow angles.
- Fix title text outline has sharp angles. Fixes bug #437781.
- Fix editing title text with outline makes text ugly. Fixes bug #503205.
- Fix bin audio/video icons have wrong color if not using default color theme.
- Fix inverted logic in titler background previous
- Titler: disable background type if background disabled. See bug #502869.
- Audio mix composition should only be allowed on audio tracks. Fixes bug #502998.
- Don't save disabled built-in effects when saving effect stack. Fixes bug #502973.
- Fix freeze extracting last clips in timeline. Fixes bug #503149.
- Nightly Flatpak: Update deps and sync with stable.
- Nightly Flatpak: Update runtime.
- Fix built-in flip effect creates orphaned widgets.
- Fix autosave is too agressive, causes lag in editing (switch minimum interval from a few seconds to 1 minute).
Kdenlive for Mac
Free
In English
Version 25.04.1
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Apr 28 2025
Version: 24.12
25.04 is out: https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.0/
Jul 15 2024
Version: 24.05.2
System Requirements updated again on https://kdenlive.org/en/download/
Requires macOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer.
Please update the listing - thank you.
Jun 17 2023
Version: 23.04.2
The system requirements are outdated. Currently required: Apple macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer and on M1
