Here's a bit of feedback, in the event anyone who manages the site reads this comment section:
1) I checked the FAQ and the 2nd and 3rd question in the FAQ were about crashing on Windows. I get the impression that this software is extremely unstable across OSes. This is a really bad foot to start off on.
Can anyone speak to the stability of Shotcut? I see a few comments below mentioning crashes, I just can't tell if we're talking every month or so, or every 5 minutes. If I were to switch video editors, having the program crash on me constantly is obviously a very big problem.
2) I didn't see any obvious language defining why I should switch to Shotcut. I use kdenlive to cut up screen shares and render them to webm; I do occasional light editing work to make tutorials for people. Kdenlive is a little clunky in some ways, but it gets the job done and I was able to figure out the basics after watching a quick tutorial on YouTube.
So...what does Shotcut offer that kdenlive doesn't? How could this task be made easier? Both software options can be used for commercial use, so what's the benefit of Shotcut over kdenlive? If Shotcut renders quicker, or supports more file formats, or makes it somehow easier to edit videos, I can see the appeal but there doesn't appear to be any introductory literature on their landing page or FAQ hammering these points home. Granted, I could probably devote the time to figuring this out myself, but it just seems like a lot of effort to learn something that should have been covered on the site.
One of those comparison breakdowns of side-by-side +/- images would have been a good starting point. Maybe it's buried somewhere else on the site, but if it is, it should be moved up to the front of the site, preferably on the main page.