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LosslessCut vs fabric-video-editor
LosslessCut has 44,176 GitHub stars, 2,192 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped yesterday. fabric-video-editor has 574 stars, 169 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 7,596% (44,176 vs 574 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 | ★ 44K | ★ 574 |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-30 | 2026-08-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 169 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick LosslessCut if
- You weight community size — 44K 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 is a cross platform desktop application for lossless editing of video, audio, and subtitle files. Built with Electron and TypeScript, it serves as a graphical interface to FFmpeg, enabling users to perform precise cuts, trims, merges, and track manipulations without re encoding, thus preserving original quality. It targets users who need to rapidly process media files—such as raw footage from cameras, drones, or smartphones—where re encoding would be time consuming and degrade fidelity.
read the full LosslessCut overview →
About fabric-video-editor
Fabric Video Editor is an open source, MIT licensed video editor that runs entirely in the browser — a timeline based tool for text, image, video and audio layers with animations, filters and export with sound — built with Fabric.js, React, Next.js, MobX, Tailwind CSS and TypeScript, and aimed at developers who want editing capability inside a web application rather than in a desktop program.
read the full fabric-video-editor overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or fabric-video-editor more popular?
LosslessCut has 44,176 GitHub stars and fabric-video-editor has 574. 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 (44,176 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.