7 Best Free Video Editors (2026)

#1 BEST

DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic Design, Pty. Ltd.

Freeware v20.3.2 3GB

4.3

4 reviews

DaVinci Resolve is a video editing application by Blackmagic Design (Australia) that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, and audio post production in one program. The free version is genuinely capable - most features are included. The Studio version costs $295 as ...

11 downloads

Windows 10/11

Official source

#2 GREAT

Avidemux

GPL-2.0 v2.8.1 35MB

4.3

6 reviews

Avidemux is a free, open source video editor built for straightforward cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. Its strongest feature is frame-accurate cutting in Copy mode, which trims video without re-encoding. The result is near-instant processing with zero quality loss. It han...

12 downloads

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11

Official source

#3 SOLID

OBS Studio

OBS Project

GPL-2.0 v32.1.1 135MB

4.3

4 reviews

OBS Studio is a free, open source program for live streaming and screen recording. It sends your video feed to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Gaming, and any platform that accepts an RTMP stream. It also records locally in MKV, MP4, or FLV without watermarks or time limits. What it do...

86 downloads

Windows 10/11

Official source

#4

Pinnacle VideoSpin

Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

Freeware v2.0.0.669 162MB

4.3

6 reviews

Pinnacle VideoSpin was a free video editor by Pinnacle Systems designed for beginners. Released in 2007, it offered basic timeline editing with transitions, titles, and audio mixing - enough to create simple home videos and share them on YouTube without expensive software. What i...

13 downloads

Windows XP/Vista/7

Official source

#5

Format Factory

FormatFactoryInc.

Freeware v5.22.0.0 105MB

4.5

4 reviews

Format Factory is a free media converter by Free Time Software that handles video, audio, and image format conversions. It is ad supported but costs nothing. It converts between most common formats: MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV for video; MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG for audio; JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP fo...

35 downloads

Windows 7/8/10/11

Official source

#6

Freemake Video Converter

Mixbyte Inc.

Freeware v6.0.0 1MB

5.0

4 reviews

Freemake Video Converter is a Windows video conversion tool that handles over 500 input and output formats including MP4, AVI, MKV, WMV, MOV, FLV, and 3GP. Beyond format conversion, it rips DVDs, burns video to disc, extracts audio to MP3, and includes device presets for Apple, A...

12 downloads

Windows 7/8/10/11

Official source

#7

Any Video Converter

Anvsoft Inc.

Freeware v9.1.9 164MB

4.4

5 reviews

Any Video Converter is a video format converter from Anvsoft Inc. It converts between 200+ video and audio formats, including MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, WebM, MP3, and FLAC. The free version handles basic conversion, while the Ultimate paid version adds DVD ripping and screen recording....

14 downloads

Windows 7/8/10/11

Official source