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LosslessCut vs image-actions
LosslessCut has 44,576 GitHub stars, 2,222 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped today. image-actions has 1,574 stars, 78 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 2,732% (44,576 vs 1,574 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; image-actions is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, image-actions 5%. 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 | image-actions | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 78 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick LosslessCut if
- You weight community size — 45K 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 image-actions if
- You want the image-actions feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and image-actions 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 image-actions
Image Actions is a GitHub Action from Calibre that automatically compresses JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF images in pull requests, built for teams whose web performance depends on how much image weight their repositories ship.
read the full image-actions overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or image-actions more popular?
LosslessCut has 44,576 GitHub stars and image-actions has 1,574. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and image-actions free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and image-actions under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and image-actions?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and image-actions 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 image-actions?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (44,576 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose image-actions if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.