# LosslessCut

8 Hacker News commenters recommended LosslessCut and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free app that cuts and merges video without re-encoding, keeping original quality and speed. Some report that exported timing can be off.

## Why people recommend it

- Cuts without re-encoding, keeping quality (3 comments): "gives you the option to cut at the nearest keyframe, or to re-encode the small portion from the chosen timestamp to the next key frame" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513718)) "it can do most of what I need, which is simply removing or attaching things together without re-encoding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46402707)) "it's very practical when I don't want to reencode everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399241))

## What people warn about

- Final export timing sometimes off (1 comments): "I've had issues with the final export like timing being off" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49509449))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Kdenlive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kdenlive.md): 56 recommend
- [Final Cut Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/final-cut-pro.md): 25 recommend
- [Mosaic agentic video editing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mosaic-agentic-video-editing.md): 25 recommend
- [OpenShot Video Editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openshot.md): 25 recommend
- [Cardboard video editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cardboard-agentic-video-editor.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LosslessCut", https://hackerapproved.com/p/losslesscut/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).