Pimosa
Creative
media file editing
SHOW HN2025
526points
293comments
#62of 3,837 in 2025
Top 2%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
25 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 10 mixed, 39 critical, out of 108 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Design: 8 for, 6 againstIdea: 4 for, 8 againstPricing: 1 for, 9 againstExecution: 1 for, 7 againstDocs: 2 for, 5 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished, good-looking UI and website
From 3 comments
Congrats! The app (and the website) look really polished.
deepfriedbits on HNWow! The UI looks stunning, looks very intuitive, and seems like you've spent a lot of time on this. Great job!
georg-stone on HNThe level of sophistication — from personal site to the product site and desktop app — is impressive.
shahzaibmushtaq on HN
Useful wrapper that makes FFmpeg accessible
From 2 comments
Kind of sad to see people hating on this for using FFmpeg behind the scenes. So what? You've created value here by solving the problem of ffmpeg having no user-friendly GUI,…
otherayden on HNVery well done!
sgallant on HN
Objections
FFmpeg use was not clearly credited on the website
From 1 comment
The website doesn't even mention FFmpeg which is the open source tool that does all the heavy work. Building a user-friendly GUI is a valuable work in itself (congrats on that,…
p4bl0 on HN
Lifetime updates and pricing model concerns
From 2 comments
May I suggest not offering lifetime updates? All software that does this ends up getting around it in the end because they realize they need to get more money from existing…
kyrra on HNThey way you present the pricing makes it seem like a subscription. I really needed to look twice to notice that is actually not a tiered subscription. I would highly recommend…
tobiasbischoff on HN
Deployment disabled error on site
From 2 comments
“This deployment has been disabled”. You should check your hosting provider
vlq1 on HN"This Deployment has been disabled." This is why people shouldn't use Vercel. The last thing you want is a message like this when people come to your site.
zquestz on HN
Requests
Linux version
From 3 comments
Congratulations. Do you plan to launch a Linux version?
madduci on HNLinux version please! Flatpak or appimage : - )
mfkp on HNThe tools dropdown has a problem. It doesn't all fit on my phone screen, but I cannot scroll down to see the rest of the tools. I think this is a great idea. Ffmpeg and…
nosioptar on HN
Target file size option for video compression
From 1 comment
Looks great, beautiful landing page and it looks like a labor of love! - Most of the page titles are the (same)[1] which doesn't seem good for SEO. Each of the pages like…
Boldened15 on HN
Fix filename underscore bug causing overwrites
From 1 comment
Bonus bug report, underscores in filenames seem to mess with things. E.g. DCS_0035 and DCS_0036 both resolve to DCS_(1), overwriting each other.
JusticeJuice on HN
Questions
How is FFmpeg licensing handled (GPL)?
From 2 comments
how are you able to get around ffmpeg licensing since it is client app which requires you to open your code if you use ffmpeg GPL?
newusertoday on HNI was wondering how you got around licensing issues, looks like you require the user to install ffmpeg and imagemagic separately which at least respects the license. Just a…
jpc0 on HN
What tech stack was used?
From 2 comments
Congrats OP and it looks really nice! Out of curiosity, may I ask what’s ur tech stack for developing this software? I’m also an aspiring app developer :) Thank you!
hedgehog0 on HNdope! did you use tauri or electron?
gbertb on HN
Alternatives named
Handbrake
From 1 comment
If this had screen capture recording integration I would 100% buy ! I have been on handbreak for years and what you have does look like an improvement. Good luck and…
jimmySixDOF on HN
Lossless Cut and Machete
From 1 comment
What about lossless cut? The only good tool I used is Machete. Avidemux is all right but less stable.
feverzsj on HN
Filmora perpetual license
From 1 comment
I love Filmora Perpetual license: https://filmora.wondershare.com/sales-promotion.html
lovegrenoble on HN
Raw FFmpeg and MPV scripts
From 2 comments
I actually use MPV and bash scripts to do all the listed features and more. I considered making a similar GUI but after carefully reviewing the scripts I decided that there is…
coppsilgold on HNLooks great - exactly what I needed. I typically just revert to using ffmpeg directly, so something this simple is all I needed. Only request is 2 devices is fairly minimal for a…
jjcm on HN