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Shotcut vs autoshade
Shotcut has 15,415 GitHub stars, 1,535 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped yesterday. autoshade has 673 stars, 52 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Shotcut leads on adoption by 2,190% (15,415 vs 673 stars). Shotcut is written in C++ under GPL-3.0; autoshade is written in Rust under MIT. Shotcut has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, autoshade 8%. Shotcut 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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| Shotcut | autoshade | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 673 |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 52 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Shotcut if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick autoshade if
- You want the autoshade feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and autoshade fits your workflow better
About Shotcut
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross platform video editor written in C++ and released under the GPL 3.0 license. It lives in the Qt and MLT ecosystem, using Qt for its application and user interface and MLT as its multimedia authoring framework. It provides regularly built binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and is positioned as an open alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve (Studio).
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About autoshade
AutoShade is an MIT licensed, Rust based RAW photo developer for photographers who want an AI first pass on a card of RAW files while still seeing exactly what changed, in numbers, before trusting it: a GPT vision advisor proposes an inspectable EditRecipe , and a deterministic local engine renders it, exporting Lightroom compatible XMP sidecars across 24 RAW formats plus baked images.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shotcut or autoshade more popular?
Shotcut has 15,415 GitHub stars and autoshade has 673. Shotcut has the larger community by that measure.
Are Shotcut and autoshade free?
Both are open source. Shotcut is licensed under GPL-3.0 and autoshade under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Shotcut and autoshade?
Shotcut is written in C++ and autoshade in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Shotcut or autoshade?
Choose Shotcut if you want the larger community (15,415 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose autoshade if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.