# VideoFlint/Cabbage

A video composition framework build on top of AVFoundation. It's simple to use and easy to extend.

Repository: https://github.com/VideoFlint/Cabbage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cabbage
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: avfoundation, videoediting, video, video-processing, audio
Last push: 2023-11-08T00:02:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2955, "days_push": 1030, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1580, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.831404+00:00)

## What it is
Cabbage is a Swift video composition framework built on top of AVFoundation for iOS. It provides a Timeline-based model for combining video, audio, and image resources into export sessions, players, and image generators.

## Use cases
- compose videos from multiple clips on iOS
- build a video editing app with transitions
- mix audio tracks with video in Swift
- export composed video with AVAssetExportSession
- overlay images and GIFs onto video timelines
- preview video compositions with AVPlayer

## When to choose
- you are building iOS video editing or composition features with AVFoundation
- you want a simple, extensible Timeline abstraction over AVFoundation APIs
- you need transitions, transforms, and real-time audio processing in compositions

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform video editing outside Apple platforms
- you want a full-featured turnkey video editor UI rather than a composition framework
- your project is not in Swift or Objective-C

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: avfoundation, video-editing, video-composition, timeline, video, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- VideoFlint/Cabbage (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.831404+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:56:36.376758+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VideoFlint/Cabbage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.831404+00:00, sha 696c0d0ee9ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.