FFmpeg/FFmpeg
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases 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: 5620
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
63669 stars · 14198 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
FFmpeg is the leading open-source multimedia framework, providing libraries (libavcodec, libavformat, libavfilter, etc.) and command-line tools to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play virtually any audio or video format. It is written in C, highly portable, and supports hardware acceleration across many platforms.
Use cases
- convert video files between formats like mp4 to avi
- extract audio from a video file
- compress videos for the web
- record and stream live audio and video
- probe and inspect multimedia file metadata
- build an app that decodes or encodes video
- transcode with GPU hardware acceleration
- cut and trim video clips from the command line
When to choose
- you need to convert, transcode, or remux media files
- you need broad codec and container format support
- you are building a media application and need decoding/encoding libraries
- you need to stream or record audio/video
- you want hardware-accelerated encoding or decoding
When to avoid
- you need a polished end-user media player with a full GUI
- you need video editing with a timeline and effects rather than processing
- you want a high-level managed-language API without dealing with C libraries
Facets
library · maturity stable
video-processing audio-processing streaming cli image-processing sdk media developer-tools cross-platform windows bsd cross-platform cli c transcoding codecs muxing demuxing multimedia-framework libavcodec hardware-acceleration media-player audio video linux macos
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7e30f809d404
- homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2d28b425db44
- site_page: https://ffmpeg.org/about.html · fetched 2026-08-28 · f032bb905765
- site_page: https://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-28 · e5723522a09e
- site_page: https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob_plain;f=Changelog;hb=n7.0 · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca6923c19c06
- site_page: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro · fetched 2026-08-28 · ee48b4a9d903
- site_page: https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob_plain;f=Changelog;hb=n3.0 · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca6923c19c06
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg/FFmpeg | main | 77 |
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