LosslessCut vs OBS Studio
LosslessCut and OBS Studio are both video editing software. LosslessCut is open source under GPL-2.0, with 46k GitHub stars. OBS Studio is open source under GPL-2.0, with 79k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick LosslessCut when
- You need to cut large recordings quickly without losing quality.
- Pick OBS Studio when
- You record tutorials or stream to Twitch, YouTube and similar platforms.
Side by side
A desktop FFmpeg front end for trimming, cutting, merging and remuxing video and audio without re-encoding.
Free software for screen recording and live streaming, with scenes, sources, audio mixing and plugins.
Cuts snap to keyframes, so frame-exact edits need re-encoding elsewhere.
Setup for good quality takes tuning of encoders and audio.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app (both)
TypeScript, Electron, React and FFmpeg
C, C++, Qt and FFmpeg
Open source, GPL-2.0 (strong copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
46k GitHub stars
79k GitHub stars
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v3.70.2.
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release 33.0.1.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.