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03 / 13 · Non-linear video editing

FilmCraft

FilmCraft targets the timeline edit: trimming, ripple and roll, multicam-style tracks, audio keyframes and scopes, in a native editor that does not phone home for a licence check.
Replaces
Adobe Premiere Pro
Licence
Apache-2.0
Latest release
v0.9.0
Released
2026-10-18
Source
storytold

In the maintainer's words

“FilmCraft: An open-source, nonlinear video editor written by scratch in pure Rust”— repository description, github.com/storytold/filmcraft

What FilmCraft is built to do

  • Multi-track timeline with ripple / roll edits
  • Audio tracks with keyframed levels
  • Hardware-accelerated decode and scopes
  • GPU effect stack and colour controls
  • Nested sequences and adjustment layers
  • Render queue with codec presets

These are the workflow areas the project targets. Implementation status changes release to release — confirm against the repository before relying on a specific behaviour.

What changed in FilmCraft v0.9.0

  • Individual linked-clip selections survive a deletion instead of collapsing together.
  • Image-sequence filenames keep their Unicode prefixes, and file URLs no longer hit UTF-8 slicing panics on interchange.
  • Nested renderer pools no longer deadlock during export.
  • Stored media paths are followed only when they sit on this computer or the project's own share.

Summarised from the release notes upstream published on 2026-10-18. Read the full list on the FilmCraft v0.9.0 release page ↗.

Download FilmCraft

FilmCraft is distributed by its own maintainers through GitHub releases. Nothing here is re-hosted, mirrored or repackaged, which is exactly why these links stay current when a new build lands.

FilmCraft v0.9.0 · upstream GitHub releases

All release assets ↗
  • macOS UniversalDMGGet
  • Windows x64MSIGet
  • Windows ARM64MSIGet
  • Windows x86 (32-bit)MSIGet
  • Windows x64 portableZIPGet
  • Linux x86_64 AppImageAppImageGet
  • Linux x86_64 debdebGet
  • Linux x86_64 rpmrpmGet
  • Linux x86_64 flatpakflatpakGet
  • Linux aarch64 debdebGet
  • Linux riscv64 debdebGet
  • FreeBSD x86_64TAR.GZGet
  • Command-line build (macOS)ZIPGet
  • Browser buildZIPGet
  • SHA-256 sumsTXTGet

Files are served by GitHub from the upstream repository — this project is not distributed through this site. Verify the download against SHA256SUMS.txt in the same release.

Platforms: macOS Universal · Windows x64 / ARM64 / x86 · Linux x86_64 / aarch64 / riscv64 · FreeBSD x86_64

FilmCraft vs Adobe Premiere Pro

AspectFilmCraftAdobe Premiere Pro
PriceFree, Apache-2.0Creative Cloud subscription
Linux supportOfficial buildsNone
CollaborationLocal project filesTeam projects + cloud
Plugin formatsNone yetExtensive ecosystem
SourceOpen, auditableProprietary

Source, licence and building

The repository carries the licence text, issue tracker and release notes. Apache-2.0 permits commercial use, modification and redistribution with attribution notices preserved. If you prefer to compile it yourself, clone the repo and follow its README for the pinned Rust toolchain.

Open repository ↗Official project page ↗Suite-wide comparison

FilmCraft FAQ

Is FilmCraft ready for client work?

It depends on your pipeline. If you need shared projects, third-party transitions and guaranteed media-format coverage, stay on the incumbent for billable work and run FilmCraft in parallel until your formats are confirmed.

Does it render on GPU?

Upstream describes a GPU-accelerated effects pipeline; hardware coverage varies by vendor, so test your own footage.

Where do I get it?

From the FilmCraft GitHub releases page — this site links to it and hosts no binaries.

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