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Ladybird vs jumpcutter
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. jumpcutter has 679 stars, 28 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 9,739% (66,807 vs 679 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; jumpcutter is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, jumpcutter 4%. Ladybird 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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| Ladybird | jumpcutter | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 679 |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 28 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ladybird if
- You weight community size — 67K stars and counting
- You want the BSD-2-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick jumpcutter if
- You want the jumpcutter feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and jumpcutter fits your workflow better
About Ladybird
Ladybird Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, using a novel engine based on web standards. [!IMPORTANT] Ladybird is in a pre alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers Features We aim to build a complete, usable browser for the modern web. Ladybird uses a multi process architecture with a main UI process, several WebContent renderer processes, an ImageDecoder process, and a RequestServer process. Image decoding and network connections are done out of process to be more robust against malicious content. Each tab has its own renderer process, which is sandboxed from the rest of the system. At the…
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About jumpcutter
Jump Cutter [ ][chrome web store] [ ][addons mozilla org] [ ][weblate] Download: [ ][chrome web store] [ ][addons mozilla org] [ ][microsoft edge addons] or from GitHub: Chromium / Gecko (Firefox) Skips silent parts in videos, in real time. Can be useful for watching lectures, stream recordings (VODs), webinars, podcasts, and other unedited videos. Demo: Inspired by this video by carykh. How it works Simple (mostly). Currently there are 2 separate algorithms in place. The first one we call "the stretching algorithm", and it's in this file. It simply looks at the output audio of a media element, determines its…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or jumpcutter more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and jumpcutter has 679. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and jumpcutter free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and jumpcutter under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and jumpcutter?
Ladybird is written in C++ and jumpcutter in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Ladybird or jumpcutter?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose jumpcutter if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.