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Machete vs FFmpeg: catalog facts
Machete	FFmpeg
Freemium Offered as a full edition and a reduced Lite edition.	Free Free and open source. The codebase is mainly LGPL 2.1 with some components under the GPL…
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Lossless cutting and joining without re-encoding Works on modest hardware	Handles practically every container and codec there is Remuxes without re-encoding, so a container change is instant and lossless
Windows only Joining requires files with identical formats	Command line only, with syntax that punishes guessing Argument order matters in ways that are not obvious
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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