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LosslessCut vs google-images-download
LosslessCut has 43,948 GitHub stars, 2,182 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. google-images-download has 8,686 stars, 2,083 forks, 66 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 406% (43,948 vs 8,686 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; google-images-download is written in Python under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, google-images-download 24%. LosslessCut 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 | google-images-download | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 44K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-05-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 2.1K |
| 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 google-images-download if
- You want the google-images-download feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and google-images-download 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 google-images-download
google images download is a ready to run Python command line script that searches Google Images and downloads hundreds of images to a local hard drive, for anyone who needs a large image collection on disk without saving each picture by hand.
read the full google-images-download overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or google-images-download more popular?
LosslessCut has 43,948 GitHub stars and google-images-download has 8,686. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and google-images-download free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and google-images-download under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and google-images-download?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and google-images-download in Python. 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 google-images-download?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (43,948 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose google-images-download if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.