| Version | Change log |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.5.0 Mar 21, 2026 |
Highlights & Features: New default timeline: The new QWidget timeline is now the default, with much smoother zooming, scrolling, dragging, trimming, snapping, and multi-clip editing, especially on larger projects. New keyframe panel and major timeline polish: The keyframe panel is now part of the default editing experience, with smoother dragging, better selection behavior, improved snapping, high-DPI thumbnails, live trim feedback, and many workflow refinements. Smaller export file-sizes: Export presets were improved for smaller files and better quality, Blender GPU rendering is now enabled by default for Animated Titles, and hardware decoding checks are more reliable and user-friendly. Experimental ComfyUI integration for advanced AI workflows: OpenShot 3.5 adds a major first pass at ComfyUI integration, including generation workflows, tracking and segmentation tools, custom JSON workflows, progress reporting, and better remote-server handling. Improved stability, testing: This release includes expanded unit tests, new UI and replay-based testing tools, better missing-file dialogs, improved autosave and packaging reliability, smoother project loading, and a long list of bug fixes across the app. openshot-qt Changelog (Version: 3.5.0): 27a3af7 2026-03-18 Jonathan Thomas Packaging libsndfile in AppImage, to prevent some audio issues on systems with incompatible system libsndfile libraries HEAD, origin/release-20260316 09267c3 2026-03-18 Jonathan Thomas Fixing small regression failure in our new unit tests (on Linux gitlab runner) b32bfea 2026-03-18 Jonathan Thomas Making qwidget keyframe dragging silky smooth, and fixing issue with disappearing partial thumbnails during trimming. b45b052 2026-03-18 Jonathan Thomas Fixing a bunch of qwidget clip and thumbnailing issues: - trimming of re-timed clips - thumbnailing system big refactor, use time keyframes, and volume keyframes - lots of new unit tests around thumbnailing and clip sizes - new squash/stretch thumbnail beh |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.4.0 Dec 16, 2025 |
New Crop workflow with interactive crop handles + crop context menu (keeps crop/transform behavior in sync) New Timing mode toggle for quick drag-to-retime editing (plus better real-time preview during retime) Draggable keyframes (timeline drag + improved keyframe panel) with better snapping/precision to the FPS grid Big upgrades to the Experimental QWidget Timeline (faster scrolling/zooming, improved snapping, markers, thumbnails, waveforms, fewer freezes) Multi-selection editing across clips/effects (property dock + transform handles + safer undo/redo) Faster exports with VideoCacheThread integration + smarter bitrate for “All Formats” New/expanded effects & creative tools: LUT Color Map, Lens Flare, Sharpen, Outline, Spherical/360 tools (plus updated docs/icons) Improved import/export interoperability (Final Cut Pro XML + EDL updates, better keyframe support, more standards-aligned timecode) AppImage + distro compatibility improvements (Ubuntu/Snap/Flatpak handling, Arch/Manjaro fixes, Blender 5.0 animated title compatibility) Updated translations & credits (many new/updated languages, refreshed supporters/donor lists, faster credits/about filtering) |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.2.0 Jun 25, 2024 |
Highlights & Features: Large Theme & User Experience refactor (Added new Retro & Cosmic Dusk theme) Improved Timeline Snapping and behaviors New Remove Gap feature (to remove unwanted gaps between clips) Improved Split Clip and Preview dialog functionality New Playhead and Marker icons (for all themes) Support for Blender 4.1, and improved Blender animations Use friendly name on timeline (i.e. when split clip or updating file names) Improved Undo / Redo functionality (better transaction support, more stable) Improved high DPI display support Improved Tracker / Object Detection effects (more features, more stable) Improved Parent property (for use with Tracker / Object Detection effects) Improved Property Editor functionality Improved font handling in Title editor (for AppImage) Added new Not Found thumbnail image for missing or corrupt files Updated scale x and y limits in property dialog (to prevent crashes due to large numbers) Updated Help Menu Icons with new Discord option |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.1.1 Apr 21, 2023 |
Bumping version to 3.1.1, min libopenshot dependency to 0.3.2 Prevent freeze on launch (in Windows - when your sample-rate in OpenShot does not match the host OS sample-rate) Fix duplicate Profile name bug (causing an issue when exporting and re-opening a project with specific profile names) Adding Profile search button to Preferences (for easier filtering and searching for a default profile) Protect timeline (webview) from receiving lots of unneeded messages from libopenshot Large refactor for Tracker and Object Detection effects (allow property editing, prevent crashes, allow parent property to work) Refactor of Parent property (simpler, a single 'None' option, thumbnail images) Improved caching logic around Property Editor (better performance while adjusting clip properties) Many small code refactors and fixes to prevent noisy errors (reported by Sentry.io) Updated language translations Updated credits and donors |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.1.0 Apr 8, 2023 | |
| OpenShot Video Editor 3.0.0 Dec 8, 2022 | |
| OpenShot Video Editor 2.6.1 Sep 6, 2021 | |
| OpenShot Video Editor 2.6.0 Aug 25, 2021 | |
| OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.1 Mar 4, 2020 |
UTF-8 Project Encoding Bug Fix (for non-ASCII characters) Thumbnail Server UTF-8 Encoding Auto-Repair UTF-8 Corrupted Projects Updated Documentation (with Auto-Update) Updated Translations / Supporters Misc Bug Fixes |
| OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.0 Feb 10, 2020 |
Hardware encoding and decoding support (still a bit experimental) Keyframe performance improvements (magnitudes faster) Export and Import of EDL and XML (Premiere and Final Cut Pro) Thumbnail generation much improved (uses local HTTP server), checks multiple locations, regenerate missing ones Huge update to animated titles to support Blender 2.8 New ability to recover previous saves (~/.openshot_qt/recovery/) and improved auto-backup SVG compatibility and support improvements Preview window improvements (dimensions divisible by 2) Export improvements (no longer modifies project keyframe data) Disable metrics until opt-in (privacy improvements) Tons of CMake and build improvements Cross-platform improvements (fixed lots of small differences between OSes) |
