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VidCutterLosslessCut
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 or later.

 Free

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

Windows, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Straightforward cut and join workflow
  • Available on Flathub for 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
  • Slow development, with mostly maintenance commits recently
  • Not a full video editor
  • 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
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

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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