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LosslessCut vs home-gallery
LosslessCut has 43,948 GitHub stars, 2,182 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. home-gallery has 1,183 stars, 106 forks, 54 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 3,615% (43,948 vs 1,183 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; home-gallery is written in JavaScript under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, home-gallery 9%. 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 | home-gallery | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 44K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-06-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 106 |
| 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 home-gallery if
- You want the home-gallery feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and home-gallery 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 home-gallery
HomeGallery is a self hosted, MIT licensed open source web gallery for people who keep their photo and video archives on their own hardware and want a private, mobile friendly way to browse them, including tagging and AI powered image and face discovery.
read the full home-gallery overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or home-gallery more popular?
LosslessCut has 43,948 GitHub stars and home-gallery has 1,183. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and home-gallery free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and home-gallery under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and home-gallery?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and home-gallery in JavaScript. 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 home-gallery?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (43,948 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose home-gallery if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.