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mstorsjo/fdk-aac

A standalone library of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC code from Android. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac · homepage · C++ · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license no_readme

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5179
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 19
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1388 stars · 416 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A standalone build of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder/decoder code extracted from Android, packaged as a C++ library. It provides high-quality AAC audio encoding and decoding for use in media applications such as FFmpeg and HandBrake.

Use cases

  • encode audio to AAC in a media transcoding tool
  • decode AAC audio streams in a C++ application
  • add AAC encoding support to FFmpeg builds
  • extract the FDK AAC codec from Android for standalone use
  • build a cross-platform audio codec library

When to choose

  • you need high-quality AAC encoding/decoding in a native application
  • you are building FFmpeg or HandBrake with better AAC support
  • you want the Fraunhofer FDK codec outside of Android

When to avoid

  • you need a permissively licensed codec without patent/royalty concerns
  • you only need simple AAC handling already provided by your media framework
  • you need a pure high-level audio API rather than a codec library

Facets

library · maturity active

audio-processing sdk media developer-tools cpp cross-platform windows aac codec fraunhofer-fdk encoder decoder audio-codec ffmpeg-dependency audio android linux macos

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