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kkroening/ffmpeg-python

Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: 3398
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 760
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

11009 stars · 944 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ffmpeg-python is a Python library that builds FFmpeg command lines programmatically, with strong support for complex filter graphs. It lets users compose media processing pipelines in readable Python instead of gnarly ffmpeg CLI arguments.

Use cases

  • convert video files with python
  • build complex ffmpeg filter graphs
  • overlay images on video programmatically
  • trim and concatenate video clips in python
  • extract audio from video files
  • flip or scale videos with a fluent api

When to choose

  • you need complex filter_complex graphs that other wrappers can't express
  • you prefer composing ffmpeg pipelines in readable Python code
  • you want to generate ffmpeg command-line arguments dynamically

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained project with active development
  • you want to process media without FFmpeg installed as an external binary
  • you need real-time streaming playback rather than file transcoding

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

video-processing audio-processing cli media developer-tools python cross-platform ffmpeg video-editing filter-graphs media-transcoding wrapper video audio

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