DaVinci Resolve Studio vs LosslessCut
DaVinci Resolve Studio and LosslessCut are both video editing software. DaVinci Resolve Studio is a commercial product from Blackmagic Design. LosslessCut is open source under GPL-2.0, with 46k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick DaVinci Resolve Studio when
- You want professional editing and the industry's leading colour tools on Windows, Mac or Linux for a one-time price.
- Pick LosslessCut when
- You need to cut large recordings quickly without losing quality.
Side by side
One application for editing, colour grading, visual effects (Fusion) and audio post (Fairlight); the paid Studio edition adds more codecs, effects and GPU features.
A desktop FFmpeg front end for trimming, cutting, merging and remuxing video and audio without re-encoding.
Demanding on GPU hardware, and the full application takes time to learn.
Cuts snap to keyframes, so frame-exact edits need re-encoding elsewhere.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app (both)
Not published
TypeScript, Electron, React and FFmpeg
Closed source, sold by Blackmagic Design
Open source, GPL-2.0 (strong copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
4.8k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
46k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v3.70.2.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.