Lossless Cut
Lossless Cut is a free, open-source video and screen recording app for Windows, macOS and Linux. The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing. It has 45,353 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at mifi/lossless-cut.
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About Lossless Cut
LosslessCut The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing Thanks to my supporters and everyone who purchased LosslessCut!
Install Lossless Cut
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
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Is Lossless Cut free and open source?
Yes. Lossless Cut's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Lossless Cut?
Flathub: flatpak install flathub no.mifi.losslesscut and Snap: snap install losslesscut. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v3.70.2).
Is Lossless Cut still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.