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LosslessCut vs openscreen
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. openscreen has 5,859 stars, 394 forks, 43 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 679% (45,623 vs 5,859 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; openscreen is written in TypeScript under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, openscreen 7%. openscreen was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ffmpeg), 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 | openscreen | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 5.9K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 394 |
| 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 openscreen if
- You want the openscreen feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and openscreen 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 openscreen
OpenScreen A free, open source desktop app for recording your screen and turning the result into polished product demos and walkthroughs. [!NOTE] This is OpenScreen, continued. Siddharth Vaddem created the project and archived the original repository after v1.5.0. Development moved here with his approval, under the same name and the same MIT license. A raw capture goes in and comes out ready to post — on X, Reddit, YouTube, a docs page, or a landing page. That is the category Screen Studio defined; OpenScreen is the open source entry in it, and not a clone. 100% free for personal and commercial use, with nothing…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or openscreen more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and openscreen has 5,859. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and openscreen free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and openscreen under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and openscreen?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and openscreen 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 openscreen?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose openscreen if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.