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LosslessCut vs Audacity
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Audacity has 18,928 stars, 2,712 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 141% (45,623 vs 18,928 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Audacity 14%. Audacity was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (editor), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | Audacity | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 19K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 2.7K |
| 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 Audacity if
- You want the Audacity feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and Audacity 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 Audacity
Audacity Audacity is an easy to use, multi track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. More info can be found on This repository is currently undergoing major structural change. We're currently working on Audacity 4, which means an entirely new UI and also refactorings aplenty. As such, the master branch is currently not particularly friendly to new contributors. It is still possible to submit patches to Audacity 3.x; make sure you branch off audacity3 if you choose to do so. Build instructions for 3.x can be found here; build instructions for Audacity 4 can be…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or Audacity more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and Audacity has 18,928. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and Audacity free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0, and Audacity has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and Audacity?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and Audacity in C++. 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 Audacity?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose Audacity if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.