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VidCutter vs Avidemux: catalog facts
VidCutter	Avidemux
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 or later.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Straightforward cut and join workflow Available on Flathub for Linux	Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others
Slow development, with mostly maintenance commits recently Not a full video editor	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-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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