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Avidemux vs Machete: catalog facts
Avidemux	Machete
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Freemium Offered as a full edition and a reduced Lite edition.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others	Lossless cutting and joining without re-encoding Works on modest hardware
Not a timeline editor; there is no multi-track editing or compositing The last stable release is from 2022, with newer work only in nightly builds	Windows only Joining requires files with identical formats
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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