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LosslessCut vs google-images-download
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. google-images-download has 8,702 stars, 2,081 forks, 66 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 424% (45,623 vs 8,702 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; google-images-download is written in Python under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, google-images-download 24%. LosslessCut was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| LosslessCut | google-images-download | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-05-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 2.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick LosslessCut if
- You weight community size — 46K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick google-images-download if
- You want the google-images-download feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and google-images-download fits your workflow better
About LosslessCut
LosslessCut The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing Thanks to my supporters and everyone who purchased LosslessCut! LosslessCut aims to be the ultimate cross platform FFmpeg GUI for extremely fast and lossless operations on video, audio, subtitle and other related media files. The main feature is lossless trimming and cutting of video and audio files, which is great for saving space by rough cutting your large video files taken from a video camera, GoPro, drone, etc. It lets you quickly extract the good parts from your videos and discard many gigabytes of data without doing a slow re encode and…
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About google-images-download
Google Images Download Python Script for 'searching' and 'downloading' hundreds of images from Google to the local hard drive! Documentation ============= Documentation Homepage Installation Input arguments Examples and Code Samples Requirements ============ Chrome/Chromium browser is required for this tool to work. Google Images now requires JavaScript execution, so Selenium with Chrome is mandatory for all downloads. Installation: Linux : apt get install chromium browser or apt get install google chrome stable macOS : brew install cask google chrome Windows : Download from The tool will automatically download…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or google-images-download more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and google-images-download has 8,702. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and google-images-download free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and google-images-download under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and google-images-download?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and google-images-download in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, LosslessCut or google-images-download?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose google-images-download if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.