Installing Shotcut

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Shotcut supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. Here’s how you can install it on each platform:

Windows

  1. Go to the Shotcut download page.
  2. Choose the appropriate installer for your system (e.g., Windows 10/11 on Intel/AMD or ARM CPU)
  3. Download the installer and run it.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can purchase it for a small price in the Microsoft Store. It is single lifetime purchase, and doing so helps fund the development. In return, you get automated updates without needing to re-download and install.

macOS

  1. Go to the Shotcut download page.
  2. Select the macOS version compatible with your system (e.g., macOS 12+ or older versions).
  3. Download the app bundle and open it.
  4. Drag the Shotcut app to your Applications folder.

Linux

  1. Go to the Shotcut download page.
  2. Download the Linux portable tar or AppImage file.
  3. For the portable tar, extract the archive and run the shotcut shell script.
  4. For the AppImage, make it executable and run it directly.

Alternatively, you can install the Flatpak (via Flathub), the Snap, or a package from your Linux distribution. Often, the software manager in your desktop environment makes some of these options available to you.

Please be aware that the portable, AppImage, and Snap are all the same build based on the glibc version in Ubuntu 20.04 and thus stuck to using an older version of Qt. The Flatpak or distribution package works better on the Wayland graphics subsystem. Also, the Flatpak or distribution package supports ARM processors whereas the portable, AppImage, and Snap do not.