LosslessCut
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Free app that cuts and merges video without re-encoding, keeping original quality and speed. Some report that exported timing can be off.
Free app that cuts and merges video without re-encoding, keeping original quality and speed. Some report that exported timing can be off.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cuts without re-encoding, keeping quality
“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”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor” “it can do most of what I need, which is simply removing or attaching things together without re-encoding”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English” “it's very practical when I don't want to reencode everything”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 on Hacker News
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Final export timing sometimes off
“I've had issues with the final export like timing being off”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor”
Other video editors people recommend
The four most recommended other video editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DaVinci Resolve | 175 | 66 | 73% | 11 | 3 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| Kdenlive | 56 | 25 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Final Cut Pro | 25 | 23 | 52% | 9 | — | — |
| Mosaic agentic video editing | 25 | 13 | 66% | 5 | — | — |
| LosslessCutThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“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”
“I've had issues with the final export like timing being off”
“I'm currently leaning towards LosslessCut and Shortcut.”
“best results came from first reencoding at much higher quality, then marking & batching with LossLessCut”
“its package size is absolutely massive”
“the killer feature of LosslessCut is cutting a scene in the middle and merge results while maintaining correct subtitles”
“it's very practical when I don't want to reencode everything”
“it can do most of what I need, which is simply removing or attaching things together without re-encoding”
“Someone is going to be able to pick up and use that a lot faster than they are ffmpeg.”
“some folks want to use lossless cut. Nothing wrong with that IMO.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.