Kdenlive 26.08.0 released

Monday, 31 August 2026  |  Kdenlive

We are happy to announce the summer release of Kdenlive 26.08. Continuing the efforts from the last version, the core team has been focusing mostly on stability - fixing bugs and crashes while also doing lot's under the hood improvements.

This release comes with 11 crash fixes as well as improvements to the undo/redo stack for compositions and sequence creation. Work has also been done to modernize the codebase in the Qml loader for Clips and Compositions.

The majority of the new, nifty and shiny additions and enhancements in this release were made by new contributors! This seems to have become a tradition in 2026, and we couldn’t be happier about it.

Highlights

Timeline

Automatic Track Creation

Added functionality to automatically create audio tracks when adding a clip to the timeline in case there are not enough. Implemented by Vineet Tiwari.


Reorder Tracks

Added a long awaited ability to reorder tracks. Implemented by Vineet Tiwari.


Markers At Gaps

Added option to add markers at gaps between timeline clips. Implemented by Yash Bavadiya.


Playhead Snapping When Dragging

ALT + drag the time cursor (playhead) in the timeline ruler, it now snaps to nearby snap points like clip edges, guides, markers, and zone in/out. Implemented by Yash Bavadiya.


Copy Selection To New Sequence

It works similarly to "Create sequence from selection" except that it does not remove the clips from the original sequence and replace them with the new sequence clip. Implemented by Vineet Tiwari.


Clip Color Configuration

Added an option to configure colors for video, audio, title, image, and slideshow clip types.

Color Clip Configuration

Playhead/Mouse Zoom

Added a button in the Status Bar to toggle between zooming to the mouse cursor position or the playhead position. Implemented by the mrfantastic.


Multi-Clip Speed Changes

Added the ability to change the playback speed of multiple clips at once either by directly Ctrl + dragging in the timeline or by using the Clip Speed tool. Implemented by Vineet Tiwari.

Title Editor

Snapping

Added snapping in the Title Editor. Implemented by chocolateimage.


Rounded Corners

Rectangles now can have rounded corners. Also notice the draggable spinbox ability to change the radius. Implemented by chocolateimage.


Copy/Paste

Added the ability to copy and paste elements in the Titler. Implemented by chocolateimage.


Automatic Clip Replacement

Added option to automatically replace a title clip in the timeline with the new title clip being edited. Implemented by Eduardo Guedes.


Miscellaneous

Additive Soloing

Added the ability to do additive soloing in the audio mixer by shift clicking. Implemented by Patrick Williamson.


Adjustable Rotation Anchor

Added the ability to set the rotation anchor in the Transform effect. Implemented by Jean Baptiste Mardelle.


Other Noteworthy Changes

  • Updated effects with text (GPS Text, Dynamic Text, Timer) to allow for more font properties. Implemented by Bernd Jordan.
  • Rectangular alpha mask is now animatable. Implemented by Jean Baptiste Mardelle.
  • Added ability to use math expressions in effects values. Implemented by Jean Baptiste Mardelle.
  • Drawbox and Delogo effects use the newly implemented feature to draw a rectangle directly on monitor. Implemented by Jean Baptiste Mardelle.
  • Added the frei0r Color Enhance effect. Implemented by Bernd Jordan.
  • Added option to add rendered video to project bin in the Render Widget. Implemented by Jaimukund Bhan.
  • Multi-cam Editing: Added functionality to insert clips to timeline using the clip's timecode from their metadata (if they contain it). Implemented by Jaimukund Bhan.
  • Ability to open video, audio, image files from file managers or CLI environments with Kdenlive. Implemented by Yash Bavadiya.
  • Added webp support for image sequences. Implemented by Farid Abdelnour.

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