Kdenlive

Kdenlive 26.04.1 released

Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The first maintenance release of the 26.04 series is now available, with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements.

This release also contains an important security fix, so we strongly advise all users to upgrade to the latest 26.04.1 version.

Thanks to an NLnet/NGI0 grant, we had a security audit provided by Radically Open Security. The audit found one serious vulnerability that can happen when opening a malicious project file, allowing remote code execution. This is fixed with Kdenlive 26.04.1. Thanks to Edoardo Geraci and Radically Open Security for helping us make our software safer!

We are not aware of the vulnerability being exploited so far. It is important to understand that this security issue is about a manipulated .kdenlive project file containing potentially malicious code. Therefore, it is only relevant if you open a .kdenlive project file that you received from someone else or downloaded from the internet. If you are working only with your own projects or with shared projects in collaboration with fully trusted partners, there is no security risk.

If you cannot upgrade, do not open a project file that was not created by you.

Although the vulnerability is fixed in 26.04.1, we have also implemented another layer of security checks for the upcoming 26.08.0 to warn the user if some other unexpected input is detected in a project file.

Head to our download section to get the latest binaries, or check the updates from your package manager. Please note that for Linux only AppImage and Flatpak are supported by the Kdenlive team.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 26.04.0 released

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

The Kdenlive team is happy to announce the first major release of 2026. This cycle focuses on stability, interface polish and usability improvements.

For the first time in Kdenlive's history, this version includes features implemented by so many different contributors. Our developer community is growing, don't hesitate to join us building a free and open source video editing program that respects the users privacy and provides a tool to democratize communication.

In case you missed it, check out the State of Kdenlive to learn more about the project's health and the nifty features coming soon.

Monitor Mirroring

This feature allows you to mirror any monitor while working in fullscreen mode. It’s especially useful when working with multiple displays or collaborating with others in the editing room, making it easier to share what you're doing without disrupting your workspace.

Effects and Transitions

This release improves effect and transition workflow. We improved the logic for luma files to adapt to different project profiles and automatically reload previews of downloaded lumas. We added a dedicated tab in the transitions list to browse luma files and added the ability to drag-and-drop transitions directly onto timeline clips. This release also comes with a new Euclid Eraser transition and a Heatmap effect. We also fixed issues with audio TAP effects and improved internationalization support, fixed a bug in the Video Noise Generator effect and scaling issues in the Transform effect.

Animated Previews

Transitions now include animated previews, making it much easier to visualize how they will look before applying them. Additionally, dropping a transition onto the timeline can now automatically adjust its duration to match the clips above and below, saving time and reducing manual tweaking. The first version of this feature was originally written by Swastik Patel, during KDE's SoK 2025.

Automatic Adjustment

Transitions automatically adjust to the length of the clip they are being applied to.

Math Expressions

Added basic math expression support in effect spinboxes.

New Heatmap Effect

Added a new frei0r heatmap0r effect.

Interface and Usability Improvements

Timeline

This release comes with many usability and workflow improvements to the timeline, such as a Disable Timeline Effects function to timeline hamburger menu, the ability to import and add clips directly from the timeline context menu with a smart length detection function, and sequences now have audio thumbnails. Other highlights include:

Continuous Panning

Hold the middle mouse button and drag to continuously pan the timeline even when going outside of the screen edges. Implemented by Abdias J Moya Perez.

Fixed Playhead

Added the option to lock the playhead at the center of the timeline during playback, scrubbing or seeking. Implemented by Abdias J Moya Perez.

Playhead/Mouse Zoom

Added a button in the Status Bar to toggle between zooming to the mouse cursor position or the playhead position. Implemented by the mrfantastic.

Multi-Clip Speed Changes

Added the ability to change the playback speed of multiple clips at once either by directly ctrl + dragging in the timeline or by using the Clip Speed tool. Implemented by Vineet Tiwari.

Audio Capture

Improved support for external recording devices, now the channel count and sample rate combo boxes only display values supported by the selected hardware. Also added the option to choose the sample format (8bit, 16bit, 32bit, and float) as well as a button to use the hardware's default settings.

Subtitles and Speech Tools

This release fixes issues with cutting, moving, and saving subtitles, and solves a crash cutting subtitle clips. It also fixes a problem where searching for multiple words in the Speech Editor did not work correctly. We also improved the installation process for the Whisper and SeamlessM4T plugins and updated their requirements.

Other Noteworthy Features

Added Clear Undo History option in the Edit menu
Added HD-ready (1366×768) resolution to project profiles
Added Add to Project Bin option to Render Widget to directly add rendered file to the Project Bin
Hide mouse cursor when placed over monitor in fullscreen and not moving for 2 seconds
Added option to edit a video clip with external program (useful for programs like Gyroflow)
Rearranged Marker menu items into groups and added a Delete All Timeline Markers action
Ability to directly add clips to folders from the context menu in the Project Bin
Added AMF encoding profile for Windows

Give back to Kdenlive

Releases are possible thanks to donations by the community. Donate now!

Need help ?

As usual, you will find very useful tips in our documentation website. You can also get help and exchange your ideas in our Kdenlive users Matrix chat room.

Get involved

Kdenlive relies on its community, your help is always welcome. You can contribute by :

Helping to identify and triage bugs
Contribute to translating Kdenlive in your language
Promote Kdenlive in your local community

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

State of Kdenlive - 2026

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

In 2025, the Kdenlive team continued grinding to push the project forward through steady development, collaboration, and community support. Over the past year we’ve found a nice balance between adding new features, bug fixing, polishing the user interface, and improving performance and workflow, with stability taking priority over feature creep.

We relaunched the website with a new content management system, refreshed some content and the design, and restored historic content dating back to 2002. We also strengthened upstream collaboration with the MLT developers and contributed several improvements to OpenTimelineIO.

Here’s a look at what we've been up to and what is ahead.

RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

As part of KDE Apps, we follow the KDE Gear release cycle, with three major releases each year—in April, August, and December—each followed by three point maintenance releases.

25.04.0

This release added a powerful automatic masking tool and brought the last batch of features from our last fundraiser.

-> Read full changelog

Background Removal

The new Object Segmentation plugin based on the [SAM2][4] model allows to remove any selected object from the background.

OpenTimelineIO

We rewrote our OpenTimelineIO import and export function using the C++ library. Now you can exchange projects with other editing applications that support this open source file format.

Waveform improvements

Audio waveform generation got a 300% performance boost, along with a refactored sampling method that accurately renders the audio signal and higher-resolution waveforms for greater precision.

25.08.0

This release focused heavily on stabilization, bringing over 300 commits and fixing more than 15 crashes. Instead of major new features, the effort went into polishing and bug fixing.

-> Read full changelog

Audio Mixer

We redesigned the audio mixer bringing levels with clearer visuals and thresholds. We also did some code refactoring and cleanup. This change fixes issues with HiDPI displays with fractional scaling.

Markers and Guides

Guides and Markers got a major overhaul this release to improve the project organization.

Titler improvements

This release the titler received some much needed love like improved SVG and image support with ability to move and resize items, added center resize with Shift + Drag, and renamed the Pattern tab to Templates and moved the templates dropdown to it

25.12.0

The focus of this release cycle was on improving the user experience and polishing the user interface.

-> Read full changelog

Welcome Screen

We added a new first-run launch screen for first time users as well as added a Welcome Screen allowing to easily launch recent projects.

Docking System

We added a new, more flexible docking system that lets you group widgets, show or hide them on demand, and save layouts as separate files that can be shared or stored within projects.

Redesigned monitor

The audio waveform in the Project Monitor got a revamped interface with an added minimap.

THE ROAD AHEAD

26.04

This next release is just around the corner and brings a nice batch of nifty new features like monitor mirroring and animated transition previews, making it much easier to visualize how they will look before applying them. Additionally, dropping a transition onto the timeline can now automatically adjust its duration to match the clips above and below, saving time and reducing manual tweaking.

This feature allows you to mirror any monitor while working in fullscreen mode. It’s especially useful when working with multiple displays or collaborating with others in the editing room.

OTHER NOTEWORTHY FEATURES

Change the playback speed of multiple clips at once
Import a clip directly from the timeline context menu and insert it at the click position
Option to always zoom toward the mouse position instead of the timeline playhead
Generate audio thumbnails for sequences

ROADMAP

Our roadmap is constantly being reviewed and updated, and some of the upcoming highlights include implementing the new features in MLT, the multimedia framework which powers Kdenlive. Some exciting upcoming features include 10/12 bit color support, playback optimizations (decoding), and OpenFX support. (Shoutout to a Kdenlive community member for leading this effort). Also expected is a refactoring of the subtitle system as well as continuing to develop the Advanced Trimming Tools.

DOPESHEET

We are currently working on refactoring the keyframing system and implementing a Dopesheet, basically it is a dedicated timeline for managing and viewing keyframes from multiple effects simultaneously. This work will also introduce per-parameter keyframing (currently, once you add a keyframe to an effect, it is applied to all parameters by default). More info can be found in the last status report. This work is made possible through an NGI Zero Commons grant via NLnet.

MICROSOFT STORE

We have been working on enabling and fixing multiple modules in MLT to compile with MSVC allowing us to ship Kdenlive in the Microsoft Store soon. Another advantage is that it will allow to run unit tests on our CI for Windows.

COMMUNITY

NEW CONTRIBUTORS

Currently, the Kdenlive core team is made up of 8 active members, including 2 developers.

In 2025, 38 people contributed code to Kdenlive (including the core dev team and other KDE devs), a truly impressive number! Even more exciting, about half of them were first-time contributors, which is always great. We hope to see many of them continue contributing in the future. On behalf of the Kdenlive team, we salute you all!

List of contributors and commits

Note that these numbers refer specifically to contributions to the Kdenlive application. Other projects such as the test suite and website are hosted in separate repositories and are not included in these figures.

878 — Jean-Baptiste Mardelle (core team)
126 — balooii balooii
109 — Julius Künzel (core team)
60 — Darby Johnston (fundraiser)
26 — Bernd Jordan (core team)
24 — Ajay Chauhan
11 — Eugen Mohr (core team)
9 — Scarlett Moore (KDE)
8 — Yuri Chornoivan (KDE)
7 — Justin Zobel (KDE)
7 — Ron Lee (core team)
6 — Farid Abdelnour (core team)
5 — Josep M. Ferrer
5 — Étienne André (fundraiser)
4 — Kunda Ki
4 — Swastik Patel
3 — Camille Moulin (core team)
3 — Carlos De Maine
2 — Johnny Jazeix (KDE)
2 — Luigi Toscano (KDE)
2 — Nicolas Fella (KDE)
2 — Richard Ash
2 — Side Projects Lab
2 — Xander Bailey
2 — chocolate image
1 — Adam Fidel
1 — Alex Efimov
1 — Edward McVern
1 — Eli George
1 — Helga K
1 — Jack Bruienne
1 — Jonas Endter
1 — Oliver Kellogg
1 — Rafael Sadowski
1 — Steve Cossette

SPRINTS AND EVENTS

AMSTERDAM SPRINT

In February, part of the Kdenlive core team met in Amsterdam for a short sprint, highlighted by a visit to the Blender Foundation, where we met with Francesco Siddi and he shared valuable insights into Blender’s history and offered advice on product management for Kdenlive. We also attended their weekly open session, where artists and developers present progress on ongoing projects. During the sprint, we discussed and advanced several technical topics, some highlights include:

Refining the audio workflow task
Developing a proof of concept to improve clip timecode handling
Finishing an MLT Framework patch to enable rendering without a display server (needed for Flatpak testing)

BERLIN SPRINT

The Berlin sprint was one of our most productive gatherings to date. Most of the team was there in person, and we also connected online with those who couldn’t make it. We discussed just about every aspect of the project, from roadmap planning to upcoming features and workflow improvements. Some of the highlights include:

Evaluated the current state of the Titler and discussed possible integration with Glaxnimate
Reorganized the Menu structure
Developed a proof of concept for using KDDockWidgets
Redesigned and started development of the audio clip view in the Clip Monitor

Thanks to the nice folks at c-base who kindly hosted us.

AKADEMY 2025

Akademy is always a great opportunity to exchange ideas with the broader KDE and Qt communities. One of the highlights was meeting the maintainer of Glaxnimate, where we discussed common goals and ways to collaborate. This year, Akademy will be in Graz on the 19-24 of September, and we hope to see you there.

SHOWCASE

We’re very happy to see more YouTube channels talking about Kdenlive. Here are some examples of what the community has been creating.

We'd love to see what you've been working on in the past year. Share your videos productions in the comments!

SPREAD THE WORD

Help us grow the community by organizing meetups, talks, or workshops in your local area. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need guidance, materials, or support to get started.

Below are photos from a workshop with indigenous communities in Paraguay.

STATS

DOWNLOADS

Kdenlive was downloaded 11,500,714 times from our download page in 2025. Do note that many additional installs happen through Linux distribution package managers, the Snap Store, Flathub, and other third-party servers, where statistics are not always available or reliably measurable.
The Flatpak package from Flathub gets 41,499 downloads per month.
25.04.2 got the most number of downloads.
17.08.2 was downloaded 1 time!

Downloads per release cycle

Windows Linux Mac

CODE COMMITS

Per Release Cycle

25.04 cycle: 403 commits
25.08 cycle: 368 commits
25.12 cycle: 405 commits

Files With Most Code Changes

src/mainwindow.cpp: 102 commits
src/bin/bin.cpp: 70 commits
src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.cpp: 67 commits
src/monitor/monitor.cpp: 60 commits
data/org.kde.kdenlive.appdata.xml: 57 commits

Files With Most Bug Fixes

src/mainwindow.cpp: 1021 commits
src/timeline2/model/timelinemodel.cpp: 600 commits
src/bin/bin.cpp: 593 commits
src/timeline2/view/timelinecontroller.cpp: 506 commits
src/renderer.cpp: 501 commits

USERBASE

Continent

🌍 Europe — 949,077
🌎 Americas — 781,131
🌏 Asia — 750,406
🌍 Africa — 127,948
🌏 Oceania — 53,397
🧊 Antarctica — 5

To the 5 of you in Antarctica, let us know what you are editing. ;)

Country

🇺🇸 United States — 392,967
🇮🇳 India — 267,449
🇧🇷 Brazil — 153,319
🇩🇪 Germany — 118,115
🇫🇷 France — 111,071
🇨🇳 China — 104,692
🇷🇺 Russia — 96,051
🇪🇸 Spain — 91,052
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 86,165
🇮🇹 Italy — 61,814

Region

🇺🇸 California, United States — 42,769
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil — 37,452
🇮🇳 Tamil Nādu, India — 27,313
🇫🇷 Île-de-France, France — 26,755
🇮🇳 Mahārāshtra, India — 25,246
🇺🇸 Texas, United States — 22,470
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada — 20,016
🇳🇱 Noord-Holland, Netherlands — 19,826
🇺🇸 Florida, United States — 18,997
🇨🇳 Shanghai Shi, China — 18,991

FUNDING

Ever since our last, and very successful, fundraiser in 2022, we haven’t actively asked for donations, yet the community has continued to support us. We are very grateful for that.

In 2025, we received a total of €9,344.80 from donations (down from €11,526.61 in 2024). Around 30% of the amount was given by donors who kindly set up a recurring plan. The average donation was about €25, with the lowest amount being €10 and the highest €500.

We allocate 20% of our budget to KDE e.V. to support infrastructure costs (servers and related expenses), as well as administration, legal support, and travel. As in previous years, your contributions enable us to continue supporting Jean-Baptiste (Kdenlive's maintainer), allowing him to dedicate several days each month to Kdenlive in addition to his volunteer work.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Kdenlive needs your support to keep growing and improving. If just a quarter of the people who downloaded Kdenlive in 2025 contributed €5, our maintainers would be able to dedicate more time to the project, and it would even allow us to hire more develpers to speed up development and improve stability. Small amounts can make a big difference, please consider making a donation.

More options to donate

You may also contribute by getting involved and helping in:

Reporting, debugging, and triaging bugs
Translating Kdenlive in your language
Promote Kdenlive in your local community

Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

The Kdenlive 26.04 Release Candidate is ready for testing. Many bug fixes and workflow adjustments should make your editing sessions nicer. It is also worth noting that we had quite a few new contributors helping our small team on this, so thanks to all those who helped us!

Please remember that this is an RC version, not yet final, to be used only for testing and reporting issues.

Features highlights:

Added animated previews for transitions
Added a feature to mirror the monitor to an external monitor, allowing you to see the image in the usual interface, while duplicating the output to a secondary monitor
Added an entry in the timeline context menu to directly import a clip to the project and add it at click position
Added an option to always zoom on the mouse position instead of the timeline playhead
Generate audio thumbnails for sequences
Dropping a transition to timeline will automatically adjust its duration to the above/below clips
Allow changing speed of multiple clips

Feedback Needed

Now is your chance to test it and let us know if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions to help us polish the final release. Share your feedback in the comments below

Available Binaries

The AppImage and Windows versions can be downloaded through the links below. Update: the MacOS binaries are now also available

Download the binaries from below and give it a spin!

Pre-release binaries can be downloaded here.

Kdenlive 25.12.3 released

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The last maintenance release of the 25.12 series is out with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements. Highlights include small interface refinements such as better dock widget behavior, improved shortcut handling in fullscreen mode, logically grouped marker menu items, and a new option to disable timeline effects in the hamburger menu. The release also brings improvements to multistream clip handling and ripple editing, as well as fixing small memleak in the render widget and a crash in the curve editor. See the changelog below for more details.

The macOS versions will be available at a later time due to technical issues while generating the packages.

Kdenlive needs your support

Our small team has been working for years to build an intuitive open source video editor that does not track you, does not use your data, and respects your privacy. However, to ensure a proper development requires resources, so please consider a donation if you enjoy using Kdenlive - even small amounts can make a big difference.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.12.2 released

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:28:00 +0000

The second maintenance release of the 25.12 series is with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements. Highlights of this release include fixes to various monitor issues and refactoring of the monitor dragging mechanism. See the changelog below for more details.

Kdenlive needs your support

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Parametrized Keyframes - Status Report, February 2026

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000

In the last month, I have mostly been working on refactoring the Kdenlive keyframes system to make it more powerful. This is part of a NGI Zero Commons grant via NLnet.

Improving existing parameters handling

A first step in preparation for this work was to improve the usability of some effects. In Kdenlive, we support several effect libraries, like MLT, Frei0r and FFmpeg's avfilters. Not all effects expose their parameters in the same way. For example in MLT, we have a rectangle parameter allowing to define a zone in a video frame. Other effects expose several independent parameters for a rectangle, namely x, y, width and height.

Currently, these effects are displayed with a list of sliders for each value:

With my latest changes, these will be handled like a rectangle, which means it can directly be manipulated in the monitor overlay.

Another improvement is the addition of Point parameters which will allow selecting a point in the monitor.

These changes are planned to be in the 26.04 release.

Boosting keyframes

The next improvement being worked on is support of keyframes per parameter. Currently, once you add a keyframe to an effect, it is applied to all parameters, which is sometimes not wanted. This will also allow animating only one parameter while leaving the others parameters fixed. Below is a screenshot of a basic UI created to test the feature.

Also, currently you cannot see keyframes for different effects at the same time. Regrouping keyframes for all effects in one place will enable more powerful editing.

Kdenlive needs your support

Kdenlive 25.12.1 released

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year! The first maintenance release of the 25.12 series is with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements. Highlights of this release include further polishing of the new welcome screen, added AMF encoding profile for Windows, fixes to audio capture and effects alongside numerous smaller improvements throughout the interface. See changelog for more details.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.12.0 released

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:16:00 +0000

The Kdenlive team is happy to announce the release of version 25.12.0, just in time for the holiday season. For this release, we concentrated on improving the user experience. Many of these changes were discussed during our very productive Berlin sprint last September, where the team met for three days of brainstorming.

Interface and Usability

Docking System

We introduced a new, more flexible docking system, allowing you to group the widgets you want together or easily show/hide them on demand. Each layout is now saved in its own file, opening the possibility for sharing. It is also now saved inside the project file, so when reopening a project the layout used when saving it is loaded and you are immediately ready to continue where you left off editing! The downside is that existing layouts are not compatible, so that you will need to recreate your custom layouts.

Welcome Screen

We introduced a Welcome Screen to improve the experience for new users, and add some handy shortcuts for everyone. With your feedback this will evolve in the future.

Along with the Welcome Screen, we introduced a vertical layout and optional safe areas to improve editing of 9:16 videos.

Part of a long running discussion in the team, the menus were re-organized to make them more intuitive. Our long-time users may be confused initially (hopefully not for long, though), but we tried to follow some of the conventions in the professional editing world. For example, we regrouped all file related actions like Render and the Project Settings in the File menu. There might be a few adjustments in the upcoming releases, but the most important changes are in.

Thanks to users and translators feedback, we were able to fix several parts of the user interface that were not picked up properly for translation, making Kdenlive easier to use in your native language.

Monitor

We revamped the monitor view of audio, with a minimap on top allowing to intuitively zoom parts of the audio. (audio monitor)

Markers

For consistency and to avoid confusion, we renamed timeline guides to markers, since the term guide was used interchangeably and therefore confusing, and they were in fact markers for a sequence clip. Markers can now have a duration that is shown in the timeline, and can be dragged in the timeline from the Markers list.

Other Highlights

Major Bug Fixes

We fixed more than 15 crash reports
Windows: Fix render failure when user name contains special characters
Fix project corruption when copy-pasting a sequence or project file between projects

Packaging

We fixed the VAAPI support in AppImage, allowing for faster decoding and render time
Several updates made it into our binaries, like Qt 6.10.1 and FFmpeg 8.0

Last Minute Fixes

Several fixes that will be in the next release have already been included in the 25.12.0 binaries available on kdenlive.org. If you installed Kdenlive from your Linux distro, you will get those fixes with version 25.12.1 (release scheduled for January 2026).

Click to see the list of last minute changes.

Fix xmlgui related crash starting an older Kdenlive version (< 25.08.3). Commit.
Keep duration info when moving ranged markers. Commit.
Don't load Kdenlive in the background if welcome screen is displayed to avoid busy cursor / greyed out screen on Wayland. Commit.
Fix window does not appear after crash and no welcome screen. Commit.
Ensure we cannot call a Welcome Screen action before it is connected. Commit.
FIx possible crash in Welcome Screen trying to open profile or file when mainwindow was not ready yet. Commit.
Fix changing keyframe type for multiple keyframes not working. Commit. Fixes issue #2104.
Add AMF encoding profile for Windows. Commit.
Don't allow saving a custom effect with the name of an existing effect. Commit.
Fix horizontal editing layout not loaded. Commit.
Hsvhold similarity must be > 0. Commit.
Fix copy paste resets keyframe type. Commit. Fixes bug #513053.
Fix editing transform on monitor discards opacity. Commit. Fixes issue #2108.
Don't check for readOnly in QStorageInfo on Mac. Commit.
Fix app not opening after crash and opening project from command line. Commit.
Don't incorrectly show warning about hidden monitor. Commit.
Fix project layout not correctly restored if opened from Welcome Screen. Commit.

The full changelog for 25.12.0 is available below.

Give back to Kdenlive

Releases are possible thanks to donations by the community. Donate now!

Need help ?

As usual, you will find very useful tips in our documentation website. You can also get help and exchange your ideas in our Kdenlive users Matrix chat room.

Get involved

Kdenlive relies on its community, your help is always welcome. You can contribute by :

Helping to identify and triage bugs
Contribute to translating Kdenlive in your language
Promote Kdenlive in your local community

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.12 RC ready for testing

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The Kdenlive 25.12 Release Candidate is ready for testing. We made several changes to the user interface to improve your workflow, including a new widget docking system that makes rearranging panels much easier and more powerful, an enhanced audio display in the clip monitor with a waveform overview for faster navigation and zooming, and a new Startup and Welcome screen allowing to easily select a few options when launching the program.

Other highlights:

Added an editing layout and safe areas for vertical formats
Reordering of the menus to make them more logical
Introduction of markers with a time span (GSoC 2025)

Feedback Needed

Now is your chance to test it and let us know if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions to help us polish the final release. Share your feedback either in the comments below or directly with the team during our online Café, where we’ll be discussing this upcoming release. Join us next Wednesday, 3rd of December at 21:00 CET, on meet.kde.org

Update 30th of November 2025

The original RC Appimage for Linux was broken on X11, we have now fixed it and the download link will give you the RC2 version.

Download the binaries from below and give it a spin!

Pre-release binaries can be downloaded here.

Kdenlive 25.08.3 released

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The last maintenance release of the 25.08 series is out with fixes to issues with clip pasting on projects with different fps, subtitle styles, image rendering, as well as problems with image sequences. This version also adds support for SVG file replacement and correctly checks for disk space when archiving among other improvements.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.08.2 released

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The second maintenance release of the 25.08 series is out continuing the focus on stability and polish. It fixes issues with effects and transitions, improves clip selection, and resolves crashes related to filter jobs and effects on sequences. This version also comes with updated parameters for frei0r effects and GIF rendering preset.

The Windows package also fixes an annoying short freeze issue affecting the 25.08.1 version.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.08.1 released

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000

First maintenance release of the 25.08 series is out continuing the focus on stability and polish with many fixes for crashes and regressions as well as user interface and usability improvements.

Some packaging issues caused a small delay for this release announcement, sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks to all the people who help make Kdenlive more stable by reporting bugs, providing patches or sending constructive feedback.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive in Berlin

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:10:42 +0000

From the 3rd to the 5th of September, the Kdenlive team was reunited in Berlin for a sprint and to attend Akademy, KDE's annual conference. This was an occasion for us to meet in person since our team is spread across continents, and to join our forces to make Kdenlive better. And I must say this was one of the most productive sprints in Kdenlive's history!

We were kindly hosted by c-base for our Sprint so a big thanks to the team for welcoming us there!

Let's get into the details of what we did:

We started by reviewing and updating our roadmap, so it is easier to understand what we are working on, what we plan and when. Another important step towards improving our workflows is that we created issues for each of these goals where the details will be discussed, so everyone can follow and possibly help us on the road to success.

Dopesheet

Very exciting, I received a grant from the NGI Zero Commons Fund through NLnet to work on a dopesheet feature in Kdenlive. This will bring a much improved keyframing interface with powerful features. We discussed what core features we want in it and some drafts on how that would work. This feature won't be ready for the December release, but I will post updates on the progress of this task in the coming months.

We then reviewed specific parts of the UI that we would like to improve. All these ideas will be discussed in specific issues so that we can refine the implementation.

This task started two years ago but we never took time to finalize it. We progressed a lot on this and you can expect it to land in the December release. Among the changes, we decided to rename the Project Bin to Media, Render to Export, and reorganize the menus to make things more logical. We will make another blog to present these changes in detail once this is done.

We want to cleanup the UI, make the timeline timecode display cleaner and get rid of the large Master button currently taking a lot of space.

Monitor UI

We plan to move the audio vu-meter to a collapsible vertical widget on the right side of the monitor to free some space in the toolbar, make the zone duration always visible and move the insert/overwrite actions currently in the timeline toolbar there.

Audio monitor

When selecting an audio clip, the Clip Monitor currently displays a huge audio waveform that is not that useful. We reviewed the UI to also display an overview at the top, making it easier to zoom and see where you are in the clip.

Monitor with audio before the Sprint

Monitor with audio a few days after the Sprint

Layout and docks

We have several open issues regarding docking. One of the frequent request we have is to save the layout per project file, since sometimes you want very specific layouts for a project. We discussed how to make it happen and are also evaluating switching the library managing the widgets docking to KDDockWidgets that would bring us some very nice improvements like being able to detach the timeline or group several undocked widgets together

Titler

Our current titler does the job for simple tasks but many users would like to be able to use some animation presets to make their titles more dynamic. We discussed the possible options to make this a reality. Among the ideas, we could use Lottie animations, since our video backend MLT already has support to play them through the Glaxnimate module. Another option would be to implement a Qml producer for MLT, allowing to play Qml files directly as a video. Any help on that topic is welcome.

Website

We have some planned changes to make our website look better and discussed some of the options.

And all the rest

We discussed tons of other things and even managed to shoot some interviews of our team members. Less relevant maybe for users but we also reviewed some of the administrative and trademark issues, and CI/CD issues

Akademy 2025

Akademy was also an occasion to have interesting exchanges, notably with Glaxnimate's maintainer, Plasma developers and more. We are now back home with tons of ideas and TODO's, and the next release of Kdenlive, to be launched in December, will shine with some of the improvements we prepared during this week in Berlin !

If you would like to help our small team, you are always welcome to contribute by giving some feedback, talk about us, create a merge request or donate.

Kdenlive 25.08.0 released

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The Kdenlive team is happy to announce the release of version 25.08.0 packed with over 300 commits and fixing more than 15 crashes. This release has no major shiny new features, just a ton of bug fixes and lots of polishing to give you a pleasant editing experience in the summer heat.

Interface and Usability

Mixer

Redesign of the audio mixer bringing levels with clearer visuals and thresholds. We also did some code refactoring and cleanup. This change fixes issues with HiDPI displays with fractional scaling.

Titler

This release the titler received some much needed love like improved SVG and image support with ability to move and resize items, added center resize with Shift + Drag, and renamed the Pattern tab to Templates and moved the templates dropdown to it:

Other fixes include:

Added timecode widget with ability to drag to seek in the Titler,(Shift+drag for 1 frame, CTRL+drag for fast seek) Fix issues when resizing images would also moves them
Fix titler selection on create / resize object
Fixed an issue where the titler's panel width was consuming half the screen
Save and restore the panel width on reopening
Fix title thumbnail not updating in timeline after change

Scopes

Improved Scope styling by using system palettes for better theme integration as well as bug fixes in artifacts on high zoom level and paint modes. Compare the old styling on the left side with the new styling on the right:

Subtitles and Speech-To-Text

Require shift + drag of a subtitle clip to create a new layer
Make the subtitle edit widget resizable to adapt to lower resolutions
Fix crash dropping media file on subtitle track
Subtitle code refactoring
Fix subtitle layer name width
Fix subtitles showing on the top layer rather than appearing in lower layers on project loading.
Fix Whisper STT using Python 3.13
Whisper: disable translation when the Turbo model is selected
Fix Vosk STT producing bad subtitles

Markers and Guides

Guides and Markers got a major overhaul this release to improve the project organization.

Clicking a marker in the list now always selects it in the timeline
When adding a new marker, it’s automatically selected in the guides list
Selecting a guide in the timeline also highlights it in the guides list
New option to show thumbnails in the markers list dialog
Added a “Show markers for all clips in the project” toggle to display markers in other sequences
Consistently use bookmark icon for guides/markers
Improves Project Notes integration
Render dialog now updates correctly when sequence offsets change
Sequence timecode offsets now propagate to the timeline ruler, monitor, and guides list
Guides are correctly adjusted when changing project profile to match a clip profile

Project Notes

Some highlights include: improve icons, automatically convert typed timecodes to links when pressing enter, fix pasting text with multiple lines, notes can create guides and markers directly, and the widget has improved icons and text handling

Monitors

Add handle to rotate an item using the Transform effect in the monitor
Fix rotoscoping shape not matching selection in monitor
Fix monitor overlay for Obscure and Alpha Shape effects
Fix Transform monitor tool resizing when rotated
Fix pattern/lines overlay of the project monitor misaligning if clip changes while zoomed in
Improved monitor snapping: added back snapping when resizing for non-rotated frames, snapping when moving a rotated frame, and added snapping support for all edges when moving instead of only top-left
Change Timecode color of active Monitor
Make sure playhead is always on top of indicators
Make transform effect monitor grid setting apply to both monitors
Fix keyframe in monitor not correctly reported on clip selection
Adjust monitor timecode for sequence clips with timecode offset
Monitor code cleanup

Video Processing

We've added work on rendering, encoding, decoding, and transcoding such as:

Decoding

Added Enable Hardware Decoding option in the Config Wizard in preparation for future hardware acceleration features

Rendering / Encoding

Added power management option to disable sleep while rendering and playing
Added Nvidia 10 bit x265 encoding
Added 10 bit export profiles in the render dialog (Do note that it will be converted to 8 bit when using compositing or non avfilter effects)
Fix image sequence render incorrectly reported as failed
Ensure audio checkbox is disabled if rendering to an image sequence
Fix possible locale issue on render in Mac/Windows
Added ability to show log files in render dialog Job Queue tab
Added option to keep log files in the render dialog options
Replace AV1 profile with faster SVT-AV1 and added preset option to control quality and speed
AddedSVT-AV1 to codecs which use CRF option
Fix canceling a render would leave Kdenlive in an unstable state
Warn when exiting Kdenlive when render jobs are running, allow to terminate all jobs
Update render dialog guides when sequence offset changes
Display timecode offset in render dialog

Under the hood

Reduced memory consumption of the background removal (SAM2) feature
Added more code tests to improve stability
Improved packaging in MacOS, Windows, Snaps and Flatpak
Cleanup plugins configuration page
Fix SAM2 use system packages hidden
Allow installing specific CUDA version for Whisper and SAM2
Fixes to undo/redo operations
OpentimelineIO (OTIO) fixes
Drop mediainfo dependency now that we can directly read timecode from MLT

Fixed platform specific issues:

MacOS: Allow opening project files by double click (3 year old bug)
Windows: Typewriter effect crash in Titler
AppImage: Fix missing / corrupted font making App unusable on Ubuntu 24.04

Upcoming events

The team will be in Berlin this September for two events. First, the Kdenlive Sprint which will include a community meetup on the 4th of September (stay tuned for more details) and on the 7th of September we'll be at Akademy, where Jean-Baptiste will give a talk about our fundraiser experience. Join us!

Give back to Kdenlive

Releases are possible thanks to donations by the community. Donate now!

Need help ?

As usual, you will find very useful tips in our documentation website. You can also get help and exchange your ideas in our Kdenlive users Matrix chat room.

Get involved

Kdenlive relies on its community, your help is always welcome. You can contribute by :

Helping to identify and triage bugs
Contribute to translating Kdenlive in your language
Promote Kdenlive in your local community

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.08 Release Candidate Ready For Testing

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Kdenlive 25.08 Release Candidate is ready for testing. While this release focuses mostly on bug fixing, the dev team still managed to sneak in some cool features during the summer heat. Some highlights include:

Optimized interface for lower resolution screens
Project files are now properly recognized and can easily be opened by clicking them on MacOS
Fix location of title templates on Windows
Fix downloadable keyboard schemes
Fix python 3.13 compatibility for Whisper
Added power management support to prevent sleep while playing / rendering
Support for start timecode
Added option to display the markers of all clips in the project in the guides list
Show thumbnails in the guides list
Redesigned mixer

Download the binaries from below and give it a spin. Please share your feedback in the comments if you encounter any bugs or have a suggestion to help us polish the final release.

Pre-release binaries can be downloaded here.

Kdenlive 25.04.3 released

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:40:00 +0000

The last maintenance release of the 25.04 series is out with fixes to the volume and transform effects as well as some issues with guides.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.04.2 released

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:40:00 +0000

Kdenlive 25.04.2 is now available, containing several fixes and small workflow improvements. Some highlights include:

Remember title editor window width
Fix audio thumbnails have an offset in long files
Fix OTIO import path on Windows
Better feedback when auto mask fails

Some last minute fixes were also included in the Windows/Mac/AppImage versions:

Fix OTIO export tracks order and ensure .otio file extension is correctly added

See the full changelog below.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.04.1 released

Mon, 12 May 2025 11:25:00 +0000

Kdenlive 25.04.1 is now available, containing several fixes and improvements. Fixed bugs and improvements include :

Fix effect stack layout that sometimes prevented accessing some parameters
Fix a crash when loading many clips and switching project profile
Further speed increase for audio thumbnails generation
Reduce memory usage of the automask feature, allowing to create masks for longer clips

It is nice to note that these two last changes were made by Balooii, a new Kdenlive contributor!

See the full changelog below.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive 25.04.0 released

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We are proud to announce the release of Kdenlive 25.04.0. Here are some highlights of this major release:

Object segmentation

A new plugin based on the SAM2 model now allows you to create object masks to remove the background of your videos or apply an effect only to an object. All processing is done locally.

Improved audio waveforms in timeline.

A nice refactoring was done by Etienne André to make the audio thumbnails faster and more precise.

OpentimelineIO import/export

Darby Johnston rewrote our OpentimelineIO import and export function using the C++ library. Now you can exchange projects with other editing applications that support this open source file format. Please note that effects, filters, and transitions are not exported as each application uses its own standard.

Workflow improvements

Among the many small improvements, here are some of the noteworthy changes:

The duration of multiple adjacent clips can be changed in one operation
Allow vertical zooming of audio waveforms
Fixed proxy clips workflow for videos with an alpha channel
Added Shift+Click to expand/collapse all effects in the stack
It is now easier to find out which monitor is active as the time code widget now uses a different color
Added a search feature to the project notes, and made standard search shortcut work on all widgets
Fixed UI translations not appearing correctly despite being translated
Kdenlive now remembers the last used LUT files when doing color correction, making it easier to access them
Fixed Render widget hidden behind main window on Mac

Many other improvements made it into this release, and we closed more than 30 reported bugs. Please see the change log below for details.

Last minute fixes

Some last minute fixes have been included in our binaries:

Fixed a corruption when copying and pasting sequence clips to another project
Improved the Title Editor's text outline to follow the font curves more closely
Fixed an application freeze when trying to extract the last clip in a track
Made the Auto Save feature less aggressive by increasing the time intervals and fine tuning the triggers in order to prevent a severe lag in large projects

The work on the OpentimelineIO and audio waveform features was made possible thanks to all the people who contributed to our fundraising, see our final campaign report.

Give back to Kdenlive

Releases are possible thanks to donations by the community. Donate now!

Need help ?

As usual, you will find very useful tips in our documentation website. You can also get help and exchange your ideas in our Kdenlive users Matrix chat room.

Get involved

Kdenlive relies on its community, your help is always welcome. You can contribute by :

Helping to identify and triage bugs
Contribute to translating Kdenlive in your language
Promote Kdenlive in your local community

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Kdenlive

Kdenlive 26.04.1 released

Kdenlive 26.04.0 released

Monitor Mirroring

Effects and Transitions

Animated Previews

Automatic Adjustment

Math Expressions

New Heatmap Effect

Interface and Usability Improvements

Timeline

Continuous Panning

Fixed Playhead

Playhead/Mouse Zoom

Multi-Clip Speed Changes

Audio Capture

Subtitles and Speech Tools

Other Noteworthy Features

Give back to Kdenlive

Need help ?

Get involved

State of Kdenlive - 2026

RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

25.04.0

Background Removal

OpenTimelineIO

Waveform improvements

25.08.0

Audio Mixer

Markers and Guides

Titler improvements

25.12.0

Welcome Screen

Docking System

Redesigned monitor

THE ROAD AHEAD

26.04

OTHER NOTEWORTHY FEATURES

ROADMAP

DOPESHEET

MICROSOFT STORE

COMMUNITY

NEW CONTRIBUTORS

SPRINTS AND EVENTS

AMSTERDAM SPRINT

BERLIN SPRINT

AKADEMY 2025

SHOWCASE

SPREAD THE WORD

STATS

DOWNLOADS

CODE COMMITS

USERBASE

FUNDING

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Kdenlive 26.04 RC ready for testing

Features highlights:

Feedback Needed

Available Binaries

Kdenlive 25.12.3 released

Kdenlive needs your support

Kdenlive 25.12.2 released

Kdenlive needs your support

Parametrized Keyframes - Status Report, February 2026

Improving existing parameters handling

Boosting keyframes

Kdenlive needs your support

Kdenlive 25.12.1 released

Kdenlive 25.12.0 released

Interface and Usability

Docking System

Welcome Screen

Menu Restructuring

Monitor

Markers

Other Highlights

Major Bug Fixes

Packaging

Last Minute Fixes

Give back to Kdenlive