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LosslessCut vs freecut
LosslessCut has 45,679 GitHub stars, 2,303 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. freecut has 2,306 stars, 362 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 1,881% (45,679 vs 2,306 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; freecut is written in TypeScript under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, freecut 16%. 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 | freecut | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 362 |
| 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 freecut if
- You want the freecut feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and freecut 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 freecut
FreeCut freecut.net Edit videos. In your browser. FreeCut is a browser based, multi track video editor. No install, no uploads: projects and media stay local, while editing, preview, analysis, transcription, AI generation, and export run in the browser through WebGPU, WebCodecs, Web Workers, OPFS, and the File System Access API. FreeCut writes projects, linked media metadata, thumbnails, waveforms, generated AI assets, transcripts, scene cuts, and caches as plain files inside a workspace folder you choose on disk. User Guide New to FreeCut? Start with the user guide. Community Join the FreeCut Discord to share…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or freecut more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,679 GitHub stars and freecut has 2,306. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and freecut free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and freecut under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and freecut?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and freecut 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 freecut?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,679 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose freecut if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.