Open-source Wave.video alternatives

OpenCut is a video editor that is free and open source, aimed at the web, with desktop and mobile versions in view. It is presented as an alternative to CapCut for people who want a video editing tool whose source they can inspect, and it is released under the MIT license. The codebase is written mostly in TypeScript.

The project is being rewritten from the ground up. Planned work includes an Editor API and a plugin-first architecture in which third-party plugins are treated as core, desktop, mobile and browser apps from one Rust-based codebase, an MCP server for AI agents, a headless mode for automation and batch rendering, and a scripting tab inside the editor.

The previous version lives in the opencut-classic repository and is the one to use today; opencut.app still runs this classic version, while the rewrite is staged at a separate address. The maintainers are not accepting outside code contributions yet. It suits creators who want a free web-based editor and developers interested in extensible video tooling.

OBS Studio, from the Open Broadcaster Software project, is a free, open-source application for recording video and streaming live. It runs on Windows 10 and 11, recent macOS versions and Linux, and it is written mainly in C and C++ under the GPL-2.0 license.

Content is composed as scenes built from multiple sources, such as window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams and capture cards. You can create as many scenes as you need and switch between them with customizable transitions. An audio mixer provides per-source filters like noise gate, noise suppression and gain, and VST plugins are supported. A modular dock-based interface can be rearranged, and individual docks can be popped out into separate windows.

OBS can stream to Twitch, YouTube and other providers, or record to local files using H.264 video and AAC audio. The project is funded through sponsors and backers. It suits streamers, educators, gamers and anyone producing tutorials or presentations who needs flexible capture and mixing without a license fee.