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LosslessCut vs openfilm
LosslessCut has 44,745 GitHub stars, 2,244 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped yesterday. openfilm has 1,377 stars, 141 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped today. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 3,149% (44,745 vs 1,377 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; openfilm is written in TypeScript under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, openfilm 10%. openfilm 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 | openfilm | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 141 |
| 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 openfilm if
- You want the openfilm feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and openfilm 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 openfilm
The open source AI video agent. One HTML file, one function, one real editor. English · 简体中文 About OpenFilm lets your coding agent make videos, and lets you edit them. Ask Codex, Claude Code or any coding agent to make a film. It writes the film as web pages, and Studio, a local editor that runs in your browser, shows it taking shape. Then change anything you like, by hand or by asking. One HTML file. film.html cuts animated web pages, footage, pictures and sound together on tracks, styled with CSS. Nothing new to learn: your agent already knows the web. One function. Each shot is a web page that draws any…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or openfilm more popular?
LosslessCut has 44,745 GitHub stars and openfilm has 1,377. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and openfilm free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and openfilm under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and openfilm?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and openfilm 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 openfilm?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (44,745 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose openfilm if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.