# Olive: free non-linear video editor (alpha)

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- categories: T10 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-11-07T15:53:35.173Z
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Olive is a free non-linear video editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. The README is very brief: it links the website, binaries, wiki and an unofficial community Discord, lists a 0.1.0 alpha and a 0.2.0 unstable development build, and warns that Olive is alpha software and considered highly unstable.

Source: https://github.com/olive-editor/olive

What it supplies: Olive is a free non-linear video editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. The README is very brief: it links the website, binaries, wiki and an unofficial community Discord, lists a 0.1.0 alpha and a 0.2.0 unstable development build, and warns that Olive is alpha software and considered highly unstable.

Useful for: - Try a free open-source editor for simple cuts, with the stability warning in mind.
- Follow the website's compile instructions for each platform.

First action: - Download a binary from the links in the README or build from source with the instructions on the main site.
- Keep project backups since the README calls the software highly unstable.

Prerequisites and limits: This README gives no version, codec or hardware details; it points to the website and wiki.

- The README says it is alpha software, highly unstable, to be used at your own risk.
- Almost no feature detail is in the README.

This README does not state a licence in the text read here, so check the repository's licence file. Footage you edit carries its own rights.

Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run. 

Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olive-editor/olive/7e0e94abf6610026aebb9ddce8564c39522fac6e/README.md ; 1759 bytes ; sha256 c442e0ba47badcd822b9ad2d7bd0123189eee3778c0393de1122a9333dfa078f ; whole README text

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