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LosslessCut vs PixImagePicker
LosslessCut has 45,937 GitHub stars, 2,325 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. PixImagePicker has 871 stars, 219 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 5,174% (45,937 vs 871 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; PixImagePicker is written in Kotlin under Apache-2.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, PixImagePicker 25%. 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 | PixImagePicker | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 871 |
| License | GPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Kotlin |
| Last push | 2026-11-09 | 2026-04-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 219 |
| 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 PixImagePicker if
- You want the PixImagePicker feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Kotlin
- You evaluated both and PixImagePicker 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 PixImagePicker
Pix (WhatsApp Style Image and Video Picker) Pix is a WhatsApp image picker replica. with this you can integrate a image picker just like WhatsApp. Demo Usage set configuration as Ratio can be Mode to to select the media type can be as Then pass this config to the pix fragment either via or plain fragment can be retrieved via The results can be retrieved via the constructor callback from the fragment Or can be retrieved by anywhere in the Application from the state flow eventbus For detailed usage kindly refer to the below samples FragmentSample for Plain Fragment implementation NavControllerSample for Fragments…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or PixImagePicker more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,937 GitHub stars and PixImagePicker has 871. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and PixImagePicker free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and PixImagePicker under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and PixImagePicker?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and PixImagePicker in Kotlin. 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 PixImagePicker?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,937 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose PixImagePicker if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.