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Lightning-VFX alternatives (video editing)

Lightning-VFX is an open-source video editing project written in JavaScript with 44 stars on GitHub. Below are the closest alternatives in the same category — every entry with a live profile in the hub.

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Graphite“Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphic”
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LivePortrait“Bring portraits to life!”
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mojs“The motion graphics toolbelt for the web”
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shotcut“cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor”
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palmier-pro“macOS video editor built for AI”
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RapidRAW“A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.”
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olive“Free open-source non-linear video editor”
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video-retalking“[SIGGRAPH Asia 2022] VideoReTalking: Audio-based Lip Synchronization for Talking Head Video Editing In the Wild”
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Awesome-Video-Diffusion“A curated list of recent diffusion models for video generation, editing, and various other applications.”
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AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator“Open-source alternative to Opus Clip, Vidyo.ai, Klap & SubMagic. Turn long-form YouTube videos into viral 9:16 shorts using LLM highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and auto”
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Frequently asked

What is Lightning-VFX?

Lightning-VFX is an open-source video editing project written in JavaScript with 44 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “A stylized lightning strike VFX built with Three.js (Procedural bolt generation, ground cracks, sparks, and camera shake).”

Is Lightning-VFX free?

Lightning-VFX is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

What are the best Lightning-VFX alternatives?

The closest alternatives in the same category include Graphite, LivePortrait, mojs, shotcut, palmier-pro — each has a live profile with facts and its own alternatives list on this hub.

How were these Lightning-VFX alternatives chosen?

By category match, ranked consumer-first then by GitHub activity for open-source projects — live facts, no pay-for-placement.