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LosslessCut vs fabric-video-editor
LosslessCut has 46,045 GitHub stars, 2,330 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped yesterday. fabric-video-editor has 575 stars, 169 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 7,908% (46,045 vs 575 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; fabric-video-editor is written in TypeScript under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, fabric-video-editor 29%. LosslessCut was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (video-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 | fabric-video-editor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 575 |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-14 | 2026-08-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 169 |
| 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 fabric-video-editor if
- You want the fabric-video-editor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and fabric-video-editor 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 fabric-video-editor
The app's live link to test in the browser is: I build canvas and video editing tools professionally: timelines, design editors, and 3D product configurators for client products. If you cloned this while deciding whether to build or buy, that decision is exactly what I help with at Artless Studio. Fabric Video Editor Fabric Video Editor is a video editor that runs in the browser. It is built with fabric.js, Next.js (a React framework), Tailwindcss, Mobx, and typescript. Samples 3. New Updated UI 2. The editor supports Animations and Effects 1. Basic Working Tech Explanation todo Features [x] User can add [x]…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or fabric-video-editor more popular?
LosslessCut has 46,045 GitHub stars and fabric-video-editor has 575. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and fabric-video-editor free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and fabric-video-editor under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and fabric-video-editor?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and fabric-video-editor 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, LosslessCut or fabric-video-editor?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (46,045 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose fabric-video-editor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.