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LosslessCut vs Darktable
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Darktable has 13,383 stars, 1,506 forks, 678 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 241% (45,623 vs 13,383 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; Darktable is written in C under GPL-3.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Darktable 11%. Darktable 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 | Darktable | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 13K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | C |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| 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 Darktable if
- You want the Darktable feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and Darktable 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 Darktable
darktable ========= darktable is an open source photography workflow application and non destructive raw developer a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images, enhance them and export them to local or remote storage. darktable is not a free Adobe® Lightroom® replacement. Table of Contents 1. Documentation 2. Website 3. Requirements Supported platforms Hardware AI features (optional) 4. Installing Latest release Development snapshot 5. Updating from older versions 6…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or Darktable more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and Darktable has 13,383. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and Darktable free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and Darktable under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and Darktable?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and Darktable 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 Darktable?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose Darktable if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.