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LosslessCut vs sharp
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars, 2,301 forks, 300 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. sharp has 32,817 stars, 1,447 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. LosslessCut leads on adoption by 39% (45,623 vs 32,817 stars). LosslessCut is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0; sharp is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0. LosslessCut has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, sharp 4%. 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 | sharp | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 33K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 1.4K |
| 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 sharp if
- You want the sharp feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and sharp 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 sharp
sharp The typical use case for this high speed Node API module is to convert large images in common formats to smaller, web friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF images of varying dimensions. It can be used with all JavaScript runtimes that provide support for Node API v9, including Node.js ( = 20.9.0), Deno and Bun. Resizing an image is typically 4x 5x faster than using the quickest ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick settings due to its use of libvips. Colour spaces, embedded ICC profiles and alpha transparency channels are all handled correctly. Lanczos resampling ensures quality is not sacrificed for speed. As…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LosslessCut or sharp more popular?
LosslessCut has 45,623 GitHub stars and sharp has 32,817. LosslessCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are LosslessCut and sharp free?
Both are open source. LosslessCut is licensed under GPL-2.0 and sharp under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LosslessCut and sharp?
LosslessCut is written in TypeScript and sharp in JavaScript. 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 sharp?
Choose LosslessCut if you want the larger community (45,623 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose sharp if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.