Avidemux
Ranked 15 of 20 video editors by recommenders
Free, open-source video cutter and editor that people praise for speed and simplicity. Common caveat: it drops subtitles when removing a middle clip.
Free, open-source video cutter and editor that people praise for speed and simplicity. Common caveat: it drops subtitles when removing a middle clip.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and open source
“FOSS options (KDEnlive, Openshot, Shotcut, Avidemux etc)”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer?” “Best example of embracing the open source spirit”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard” Light and fast for clipping
“It's quite a light package (which I like), and it allows you to do that and some other useful things too.”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor” “accidentally realized the difference when trying out avidemux and clipping together videos blazing fast”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “What You Need to Know Before Touching a Video File” Simple tool that covers basics
“It's a simple tool which is great for many things, it has filters and there are most of the formats.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “What You Need to Know Before Touching a Video File” “is what the average user needs”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Chaining FFmpeg with a Browser Agent”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Drops subtitles when removing middle clips
“I absolutely love Avidemux but it doesn't preserve subtitles when removing a middle clip”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor”
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The four most recommended other video editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| DaVinci Resolve | 175 | 66 | 73% | 11 | 3 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| Kdenlive | 56 | 25 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Final Cut Pro | 25 | 23 | 52% | 9 | — | — |
| Mosaic agentic video editing | 25 | 13 | 66% | 5 | — | — |
| AvidemuxThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Audacity and Avidemux have allowed me to look much more skilled in media editing than I have any right to claim”
“I absolutely love Avidemux but it doesn't preserve subtitles when removing a middle clip”
“It's quite a light package (which I like), and it allows you to do that and some other useful things too.”
“Best example of embracing the open source spirit”
“accidentally realized the difference when trying out avidemux and clipping together videos blazing fast”
“It's a simple tool which is great for many things, it has filters and there are most of the formats.”
“FOSS options (KDEnlive, Openshot, Shotcut, Avidemux etc)”
“is what the average user needs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.