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lazycut vs Avidemux: catalog facts
lazycutAvidemux
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Marks and exports selected video sections
  • Supports separate or concatenated output
  • Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless
  • Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others
  • Requires FFmpeg and Chafa
  • 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: MIT License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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