About Kdenlive

Kdenlive is a Free and Open Source video editing application, based on MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks 6. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 or any later version that is accepted by the KDE project.

Building from source

Instructions to build Kdenlive are available in the dev-docs folder.

Testing Kdenlive via Nightly Builds

• AppImage (Linux): https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/multimedia/kdenlive/master/linux/
• Flatpak (Linux):
  • Add the kde flatpak repository (if not already done) by typing flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kdeapps --from https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo on a command line. (This step may be optional in your version of Flatpak.)
  • Install kdenlive nightly with flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.kdenlive.
  • Use flatpak update to update if the nightly is already installed.
  • Attention! If you use the stable kdenlive flatpak already, the *.desktop file (e.g. responsible for start menu entry) is maybe replaced by the nightly (and vice versa). You can still run the stable version with flatpak run org.kde.kdenlive/x86_64/stable and the nightly with flatpak run org.kde.kdenlive/x86_64/master (replace x86_64 by aarch64 or arm depending on your system)
• Windows: https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/multimedia/kdenlive/master/windows/
• macOS x86: https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/multimedia/kdenlive/master/macos-x86_64/
• macOS ARM: https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/multimedia/kdenlive/master/macos-arm64/

Note * - nightly/daily builds are not meant to be used in production.

Contributing to Kdenlive

Please note that Kdenlive's Github repo is just a mirror: read this explanation for more details.

The prefered way of submitting patches is a merge request on the KDE GitLab on invent.kde.org: if you are not familar with the process there is a step by step instruction on how to submit a merge reqest in KDE context.

We welcome all feedback and offers for help!

• Talk about us!
• Report bugs you encounter (if not already done)
• Help other users on the forum and bug tracker
• Help to fill the manual
• Complete and check application and documentation translation
• Prepare video tutorials (intro, special tricks...) in your language and send us a link to add in homepage or doc
• Detail improvement suggestions we don't test every (any?) other video editor, so give precise explanations
• Code! Help fixing bugs, improving usability, optimizing, porting... register on KDE infrastructure, study its guidelines, and pick from roadmap. See here for more information