Right, but it is the SOTA and the sort of poster boy of everything kdenlive competes with.
replyIs it? I'd say in the higher end that would be Media Composer.
replyPremiere is in the unique position of being the oldest video editing suite on the market - the first version was released in 1991! Much as with Photoshop, this sort of automatically makes it the gold standard.
replyAvid/1 was released in 1989. And there were others before it, although I think often on more proprietary or niche hardware (Avid/1 was Mac already).
replyThings like that: https://www.lucasfilm.com/news/lucasfilm-originals-the-editd...
I think Media Composer always had a lead in feature film / TV. It's possible Premiere Pro had a lead in other markets.
Even if they were the oldest NLE, that does not automatically make them “the gold standard.”
replyResolve/Resolve Studio and FCPX have significant presences as well.
replyI’d say its closest “competitors” are really Resolve and iMovie (much more robust than iMovie but same market more or less) since anyone who’s doing this professionally is going to pay for Avid/Premiere/Resolve Studio/maybe FCPX and not use kdenlive. Resolve is more geared towards casual use and hobbyists, while still being powerful in its own right (and free, of course).
Premiere is a (finicky) subscription based professional tool. kdenlive will never be a replacement for that and doesn’t strike me as an attempt at one.