Filmcraft
Shares rank 16 of 20 video editors by recommenders
A free clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere that people recommend for its speed compared with the original Adobe software.
A free clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere that people recommend for its speed compared with the original Adobe software.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Clean-room reimplementation of Adobe software
“Check out my 100% adobe clean room reimplementations”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026” Much faster than the Adobe originals
“absurdly fast compared to the molasses originals”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Photopea creator weighs in on Photosuite project” Seen as nice applications
“Wow those are some nice applications!”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026”
Other video editors people recommend
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| FilmcraftThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“isn't as far along as Photocraft”
“absurdly fast compared to the molasses originals”
“Wow those are some nice applications!”
“Check out my 100% adobe clean room reimplementations”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.