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Footage vs Avidemux: catalog facts
Footage	Avidemux
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Covers trim, crop, flip and convert in one small app Fits in with the GNOME desktop	Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others
Linux only No multi-clip timeline editing	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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