mltframework/shotcut
cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor
About the project
Cross-platform open-source video editor built on Qt and MLT. Lets you edit video, apply effects, and export to various formats.
Useful for
- Edit a video from multiple clips with transitions and titles
- Build Shotcut from source with CMake to test a beta version
- Translate the editor's interface into another language via Transifex
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Why it’s trending
- 6 stars so far today, about 14 expected by the end of the day.
- Over the last two days the pace is 2.4× that of the previous week and a half.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #5, +19 stars.
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 15,311
- Today
- 6 · ≈ 14 by evening
- Forks
- 1,520
- Issues and pull requests
- 1,899
- Watchers
- 227
- Language
- C++
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- v26.9.27 · September 28, 2026
- Created
- April 23, 2012
- Last push
- September 28, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
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- September 29, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #5, +19 stars
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