Lifecycle guide for OpenShot Video Editor from OpenShot Studios

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-01-20

What is OpenShot Video Editor?

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OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source cross-platform video editing software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS. It was designed to be an easy-to-use and quickly learned editor, appealing especially to beginners and casual users. The software includes core features like unlimited tracks, video effects, trimming, 3D animated titles, and curve-based keyframe animations. It utilizes the powerful FFmpeg library to support a wide range of video, audio, and image formats for both import and export.

The entire lifecycle of OpenShot Video Editor

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of OpenShot Video Editor. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.