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LosslessCutAvidemux
Free

The builds published on GitHub are free. The identical app sold through the Microsoft…

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Lossless trimming and cutting with an almost direct data copy, so it is extremely fast
  • Discards gigabytes from camera or drone footage without a re-encode and without quality loss
  • Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless
  • Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others
  • Cuts land on keyframes unless you allow a re-encode, so trims are not always frame exact
  • It is a cutting tool, not an editor: no titles, transitions or colour work
  • 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-2.0 License: GPL-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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