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LosslessCut vs FerrumPix
LosslessCut has 45,679 GitHub stars, 2,303 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped yesterday. FerrumPix has 745 stars, 18 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 6,031% (45,679 vs 745 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; FerrumPix is written in Visual Basic .NET under GPL-3.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, FerrumPix 2%. FerrumPix 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 | FerrumPix | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 745 |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Visual Basic .NET |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 18 |
| 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 FerrumPix if
- You want the FerrumPix feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Visual Basic .NET
- You evaluated both and FerrumPix 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 FerrumPix
FerrumPix FerrumPix is a desktop photo manager and image editor for Linux and Windows, with experimental ARM64 and macOS builds. Browse your folders, sort and rate what is in them, look at photos properly, and edit them all in one application, all on your own machine. It can also connect to a self hosted Immich or Nextcloud server. It is built with Avalonia UI and .NET 10, in VB.NET, which I still love even though it is rare nowadays. This started as a private project an application built exactly the way I always wanted one to look and work and it is free and open source for anyone who finds it useful. To be…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or FerrumPix more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,679 GitHub stars and FerrumPix has 745. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and FerrumPix free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and FerrumPix under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and FerrumPix?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and FerrumPix in Visual Basic .NET. 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 FerrumPix?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,679 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose FerrumPix if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.