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LosslessCut vs GIMP
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. GIMP has 6,560 stars, 915 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 595% (45,623 vs 6,560 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; GIMP is written in C under a custom or non-standard licence. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, GIMP 14%. GIMP 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 | GIMP | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 6.6K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | C |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 915 |
| 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 GIMP if
- You want the GIMP feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and GIMP 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 GIMP
GNU Image Manipulation Program 3.3 Development Branch This is an unstable development release in the GIMP 3.3 series. If you think you found a bug in this version, please make sure that it hasn't been reported earlier and report it! If you want to hack on GIMP, please read the file devel docs/README.md. For detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. 1. Web Resources ================ GIMP's home page is at: Please be sure to visit this site for information, documentation, tutorials, news, etc. All things GIMP ish are available from there. The latest version of GIMP can be found at: We also have a…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or GIMP more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and GIMP has 6,560. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and GIMP free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0, and GIMP has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and GIMP?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and GIMP 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 GIMP?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose GIMP if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.