Kdenlive up to the standards of more professional video editors. By 18 October 2022, the initial goal of had been met.

During September 2025's Akademy, the annual KDE community conference, it was announced that Kdenlive had been selected by the NLnet organisation's NGI Zero Commons Fund to receive a grant in order to develop a dopesheet feature for the software. The Kdenlive team also gathered for a development sprint, during which