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LosslessCut vs thumbor
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. thumbor has 10,529 stars, 861 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 333% (45,623 vs 10,529 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; thumbor is written in Python under MIT. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, thumbor 8%. thumbor 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 | thumbor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 11K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 861 |
| 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 thumbor if
- You want the thumbor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and thumbor 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 thumbor
Join thumbor bootcamp for a learning and contribution experience with ❤️ and 🤗 from the thumbor team Crop, resize, transform and much more, all on demand and AI Powered thumbor is trusted by hundreds of companies worldwide and many more! thumbor is a smart imaging service that enables on demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images. Cropping photos automatically can be a frustrating experience with severed heads involved. thumbor uses AI for smart detection. thumbor is an HTTP server and you can create as many different images as you want just by varying path parameters: You should see an…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or thumbor more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and thumbor has 10,529. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and thumbor free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and thumbor under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and thumbor?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and thumbor in Python. 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 thumbor?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose thumbor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.