# Filmcraft Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/filmcraft/ 6 people recommended Filmcraft in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026”. **Verdict:** A free clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere that people recommend for its speed compared with the original Adobe software. Summary written by Claude from 4 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Clean-room reimplementation of Adobe software (1 comment in the sample): "Check out my 100% adobe clean room reimplementations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49922904)) - Much faster than the Adobe originals (1 comment in the sample): "absurdly fast compared to the molasses originals" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976304)) - Seen as nice applications (1 comment in the sample): "Wow those are some nice applications!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49923275)) ## Other video editors people recommend - [DaVinci Resolve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/davinci-resolve/): 121 recommend, 45 mixed, 56 criticize - [Kdenlive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kdenlive/): 42 recommend, 10 mixed, 23 criticize - [OpenShot Video Editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openshot/): 17 recommend, 8 mixed, 15 criticize - [Final Cut Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/final-cut-pro/): 15 recommend, 7 mixed, 19 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Filmcraft", https://hackerapproved.com/p/filmcraft/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.