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lieff/minimp3

Minimalistic MP3 decoder single header library observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/lieff/minimp3 · C · CC0-1.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

75/100

  • Activity 94
  • 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: 3158
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 37
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1945 stars · 266 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A minimalistic single-header C library for decoding MP3 audio. It is small, fast with SSE/NEON SIMD support, and ISO-conformant with high accuracy.

Use cases

  • decode mp3 files in c or c++
  • add mp3 playback to a game or embedded app
  • decode mp3 without external dependencies
  • convert mp3 to pcm samples
  • embed a tiny audio decoder in a mobile app

When to choose

  • you need a dependency-free, single-file mp3 decoder
  • you want small binary size and fast SIMD-accelerated decoding
  • you need accurate, ISO-conformant mp3 decoding including free format

When to avoid

  • you need encoding, not just decoding
  • you need other audio formats like ogg or flac
  • you want a full audio playback engine with output device handling

Facets

library · maturity stable

audio-processing media cross-platform cross-platform c cpp mp3-decoder single-header header-only embedded-audio public-domain audio

1 source

Member repositories

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lieff/minimp3main75

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