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Desktop App

Subtitle Edit

A free desktop editor for creating, syncing and fixing video subtitles.

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What is Subtitle Edit?

Subtitle Edit is a free, open-source subtitle editor for Windows. Create, translate and sync subtitles against your video, fix common errors in one click, convert between more than 300 formats and generate captions from speech with Whisper, so finishing a video takes far less time.

Third-party open-source projects. We are not affiliated with their authors; repositories are provided as-is by their maintainers. Review each project's license, code and security before installing. See our Disclaimer.

Pros

  • Supports hundreds of subtitle formats
  • Speech-to-text captions built in
  • Free and open source

Cons

  • Windows first, Linux needs Mono
  • Busy interface for beginners

Who should use Subtitle Edit

Video creators and translators who add or fix subtitles often.

Who may not need it

Anyone happy with the auto captions on their video platform.

Subtitle Edit alternatives

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OCRmyPDF

Focus: ocr, scanned pdf and command line. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit

rclone

Focus: cloud sync, backup and file transfer. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit

scrcpy

Focus: android, screen mirroring and phone control. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS and Android. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit

zoxide

Focus: terminal, navigation and command line. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

BentoPDF

Focus: pdf tools, merge pdf and privacy. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Same 4.7 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Files

Focus: file manager, file explorer alternative and tabs. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. A Windows app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.6 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).

Windows AppFreeWindows
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Subtitle Edit

Free resources that cover similar ground.

MarkItDown

Focus: markdown, file conversion and documents. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. An AI tool, not a desktop app. Adds macOS. Rated 4.6 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).

AI ToolFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

OmniTools

Focus: online tools, file conversion and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

VERT

Focus: file converter, image conversion and privacy. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

ConvertX

Focus: file converter, documents and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.5 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.5Visit

HandBrake

Focus: video converter, compression and media. Shares open source with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.7Visit

Notepad++

Focus: text editor, code editor and windows. Shares open source with Subtitle Edit. Same 4.7 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows
4.7Visit
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