Footage For Linux

Footage is a free and open-source, small video editor that's designed to provide a blisteringly fast way of editing short videos and screencasts.

Straight off, we have to mention that Footage is no OpenShot, Kdenlive, Shotcut, or something along those lines, as it's main job is to help you trim, flip, rotate, and crop individual small videos.

Besides what's been mentioned above, Footage can also help you resize your small videos or screencasts, as well as change the framerate.

One other really good thing about Footage is the fact that it provides a lot of export options for your videos. For instance, you can export videos to WEBM, AV1, and OPUS formats, as well as MKV, MP4, and GIF.

Another great aspect of Footage is that it follows the GNOME Code of Conduct, hence, if you're running a GNOME desktop, this tiny app will feel exactly as a native app.

There are no hidden menus, extra options, or even a Preferences section. What you see is exactly what you get with Footage. Simply load a video, use the dedicated video trimmer/timeline tool, preview the results using the small video player, choose a format, fiddle about with other settings if you need, and hit "Save Video."

Clearly, Footage is not an app that you would find in "The best video editors for Linux" articles online. While it won't impress when it comes to features, the overall feel and efficiency of the app is spot on.

It's a no-frills little video editor for Linux users who need a quick way of trimming, flipping, rotating, and cropping individual clips without extra headaches. It also allows you to export videos to a decent number of different video formats, which is also nice.