# arthenica/ffmpeg-kit

FFmpeg Kit for applications. Supports Android, Flutter, iOS, Linux, macOS, React Native and tvOS. Supersedes MobileFFmpeg, flutter_ffmpeg and react-native-ffmpeg.

Repository: https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmpeg-kit
Homepage: https://arthenica.github.io/ffmpeg-kit
Language: C
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ffmpeg, android, macos, ios, tvos, flutter, linux, react-native
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-02T19:58:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2227, "days_push": 62, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5849, forks 2549 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:31.620944+00:00)

## What it is
FFmpegKit is a collection of tools for using FFmpeg in Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, tvOS, Flutter, and React Native applications, including build scripts, a wrapper library to run FFmpeg/FFprobe commands, and prebuilt binary packages. The project has been officially retired; its actively maintained continuation is FFmpegKitNext.

## Use cases
- run ffmpeg commands in an android app
- convert video files inside an ios application
- transcode audio in a flutter app
- extract metadata from media files with ffprobe on react native
- build ffmpeg native libraries for mobile platforms

## When to choose
- you need to run FFmpeg or FFprobe commands in a mobile or cross-platform application
- you want prebuilt FFmpeg binaries for Android, iOS, macOS, tvOS, or Linux
- you need a wrapper library instead of shelling out to the ffmpeg CLI

## When to avoid
- you need active maintenance and support for the latest FFmpeg releases - use FFmpegKitNext instead
- you only target desktop platforms where running the ffmpeg binary directly is feasible
- you need GPL-licensed features without accepting GPL v3.0 terms

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: media, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: ffmpeg, ffprobe, flutter, react-native, tvos, mobile-ffmpeg, media-transcoding, retired, video, audio, android, ios, macos, linux, mobile

## Member repositories
- arthenica/ffmpeg-kit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.620944+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 2026-08-29T17:51:53.844547+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.620944+00:00, sha 068c8a55c9c3)
  - homepage: https://arthenica.github.io/ffmpeg-kit (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:14.990142+00:00, sha cd5ac3bd4a9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.