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Drift

Video editing for Shorts and game clips

WHO USES ITCreators cutting Shorts and Reels · Game-clip and school-project editors · Developers automating edits with an AI agent

Install to use

Multi-track video editor for Shorts and game clips, with no subscription or watermark

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725 stars · checked on GitHub GitHub check 30 h late · 7-day +4 observed via GH Archive (as of )

BACK CATALOG

The Drift editor main window: media bin on the left, video preview in the centre, clip inspector on the right, multi-track timeline below
The Drift editor main window: media bin on the left, video preview in the centre, clip inspector on the right, multi-track timeline below
The Drift editor main window: media bin on the left, video preview in the centre, clip inspector on the right, multi-track timeline below
The Drift editor main window: media bin on the left, video preview in the centre, clip inspector on the right, multi-track timeline below

TESIGN TAKE

A GPLv3 editor that flatly refuses the usual ending of a free editor — a watermark or a login wall — with the caveat that it is still in 0.x releases.

INSTALL

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE
GPL-3.0
USAGE
Use freely. Release your source if you redistribute (copyleft).
LANGUAGE
C++
PLATFORM
linux · windows · macos · android
ACTIVITY
last commit 1 day ago () · latest release v0.6.0 () · 10 releases
COMMUNITY
15 contributors · 39 open issues (incl. PRs) · made by: an organization
SOURCES
GitHub
OPEN SOURCE
YES
FIRST SEEN
CATEGORY
MEDIA

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Built on Qt 6 and FFmpeg, it puts a multi-track timeline (trim, split, snap, ripple), GPU effects and transitions, auto captions you can edit line by line, click-to-cut-out subjects, masks, green screen and multicam in one window. A built-in local MCP server (off by default) lets Cursor or Claude Code place clips and export from the open project. It ships on Flathub, Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and as Android APKs; the latest release is v0.6.0 (2026-09-13).

BUILD FROM THIS

  • Because the MCP server lets an agent import media, place clips and export, you could wire up a semi-automatic pipeline that cuts one long recording into several Shorts. GPL-3.0 means derivatives must publish their source.

WHO IT'S FOR

Creators cutting Shorts and Reels
generate captions, then fix each line
Game-clip and school-project editors
MP4 and GIF export without a watermark
Developers automating edits with an AI agent
local MCP server, off until enabled

START IN 5 MINUTES

# flatpak install flathub org.cutwire.Drift
# flatpak run org.cutwire.Drift
# # Windows (.exe / portable zip), macOS (.dmg, Apple Silicon) and Android (APK) builds are on the latest GitHub release
# adb install Drift-*-arm64-v8a.apk   # on a phone

CAVEATS

  • GPL-3.0 — modified or redistributed builds must publish source
  • macOS build is Apple Silicon only; Android is a sideloaded APK, not on the Play Store
  • Latest release v0.6.0 (2026-09-13), still 0.x; fonts, stickers, extra effects and speech models download separately inside the Addon Manager

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN
AT SOURCE
KEPT
CREATED → FIRST SEEN
67d
SOURCES
GitHub
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Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.

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The Drift editor main window: media bin on the left, video preview in the centre, clip inspector on the right, multi-track timeline below
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