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OpenCut vs imaginary
OpenCut has 90,568 GitHub stars, 8,951 forks, 378 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. imaginary has 6,079 stars, 500 forks, 135 open issues and last shipped 11 months ago. OpenCut leads on adoption by 1,390% (90,568 vs 6,079 stars). OpenCut is written in TypeScript under MIT; imaginary is written in Go under MIT. OpenCut has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, imaginary 8%. OpenCut 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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| OpenCut | imaginary | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 91K | ★ 6.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-08-10 | 2025-11-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.0K | ⑂ 500 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick OpenCut if
- You weight community size — 91K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick imaginary if
- You want the imaginary feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and imaginary fits your workflow better
About OpenCut
OpenCut is a free, MIT licensed video editor that runs in the browser and is being rebuilt to serve web, desktop, and mobile from a single codebase, aimed at creators who want an open source alternative to CapCut.
read the full OpenCut overview →
About imaginary
imaginary is a fast, Docker ready HTTP microservice written in Go for high level image processing, and it is aimed at developers and platform teams that need to resize, crop, convert and watermark images at scale through one HTTP API instead of embedding an image library in every application.
read the full imaginary overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenCut or imaginary more popular?
OpenCut has 90,568 GitHub stars and imaginary has 6,079. OpenCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenCut and imaginary free?
Both are open source. OpenCut is licensed under MIT and imaginary under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between OpenCut and imaginary?
OpenCut is written in TypeScript and imaginary in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, OpenCut or imaginary?
Choose OpenCut if you want the larger community (90,568 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose imaginary if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.