mbebenita/Broadway
A JavaScript H.264 decoder. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5437
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1319
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2813 stars · 427 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Broadway.js is a JavaScript H.264 video decoder compiled from Android's native decoder with Emscripten, using WebGL for rendering and optional Web Workers for background decoding. It provides a Player and Decoder API for decoding H.264 streams in the browser.
Use cases
- decode h264 video in the browser
- play mp4 video with javascript without plugins
- decode video in a web worker
- render yuv video frames with webgl
- javascript h264 decoder library
When to choose
- you need to decode H.264/AVC video purely in JavaScript in the browser
- you want WebGL-accelerated frame rendering with worker-thread decoding
- you need a lightweight decoder without native plugins or WebCodecs
When to avoid
- your bitstreams use CABAC entropy coding or weighted prediction, which are unsupported
- you need modern codecs like H.265/VP9/AV1
- you need streaming playback without downloading the whole video first
- you want an actively maintained project with recent updates
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
video-processing graphics web-development media browser h264 decoder emscripten webgl wasm video-decoding video nodejs javascript
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mbebenita/Broadway · fetched 2026-08-28 · bf31517d0121
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mbebenita/Broadway | main | 23 |
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