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LosslessCut vs vidcutter
LosslessCut has 45,117 GitHub stars, 2,271 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. vidcutter has 1,996 stars, 153 forks, 298 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 2,160% (45,117 vs 1,996 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; vidcutter is written in Python under GPL-3.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, vidcutter 8%. LosslessCut 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 | vidcutter | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 153 |
| 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 vidcutter if
- You want the vidcutter feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and vidcutter 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 vidcutter
flatpak (Linux) or via the terminal: snap (Linux) or via the terminal: Arch Linux (incl. Manjaro/etc.) Users can install the stable version directly from the Arch Linux community repo packages or via AUR for the development version. LATEST STABLE RELEASE: $ sudo pacman S vidcutter Using an AUR helper like yay (replace yay with any other AUR helper): LATEST DEVELOPMENT RELEASE: $ yay S vidcutter git Ubuntu (incl. Mint/Debian/KDE Neon/etc.) Users can install the latest release via: ppa:ozmartian/apps The following set of commands will get you up and running: $ sudo add apt repository ppa:ozmartian/apps $ sudo apt…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or vidcutter more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,117 GitHub stars and vidcutter has 1,996. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and vidcutter free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and vidcutter under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and vidcutter?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and vidcutter 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 vidcutter?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,117 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose vidcutter if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.