# jlesage/docker-handbrake

Docker container for HandBrake

Repository: https://github.com/jlesage/docker-handbrake
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-handbrake
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-17T11:31:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3400, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 12.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1170, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.206014+00:00)

## What it is
A Docker container wrapping the HandBrake video transcoder with a browser-accessible GUI (or VNC) and an automated watch-folder mode. It lets users run HandBrake without installing it locally.

## Use cases
- convert videos to modern codecs from a browser
- run HandBrake on a headless server
- automatically transcode files dropped into a watch folder
- access a video conversion GUI via VNC
- self-host a media transcoding tool

## When to choose
- you want HandBrake without local installation
- you run a headless/NAS server and need video transcoding
- you want automated batch conversion via a watch folder

## When to avoid
- you need a native desktop HandBrake experience
- you only need CLI transcoding without a GUI
- you cannot run Docker containers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: handbrake, video-conversion, docker-container, vnc, web-gui, watch-folder, video, docker, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- jlesage/docker-handbrake (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.206014+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 2026-08-30T06:28:37.269964+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jlesage/docker-handbrake (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.206014+00:00, sha d8fd003bdafb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.