# Zulko/moviepy

Video editing with Python

Repository: https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/moviepy
Homepage: https://zulko.github.io/moviepy/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, video, gif, animation, video-editing, video-processing, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T06:17:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4769, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 469, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14871, forks 2098 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:08.838707+00:00)

## What it is
MoviePy is a Python library for video editing and automation, supporting cuts, concatenations, compositing, title insertion, and custom effects across common audio/video formats including GIF. It converts media into numpy arrays for pixel-level manipulation and re-encodes results to mp4/webm/gif and other formats.

## Use cases
- trim and cut video clips programmatically with python
- add text titles and overlays to videos
- concatenate multiple video clips into one file
- convert videos to gif animations
- composite video layers with transparency
- automate batch video processing pipelines
- adjust audio volume or extract audio from video

## When to choose
- you want scriptable, pythonic video editing without writing ffmpeg commands
- you need pixel-level access to video frames for custom effects
- you want cross-platform video automation on Windows, Mac, or Linux
- you need to generate GIFs or web animations from video
- you prefer flexibility and ease of use over raw encoding speed

## When to avoid
- you need maximum encoding performance for large-scale video processing
- you require real-time video playback or streaming
- you only need simple format conversion where ffmpeg directly is faster
- you depend on the unmaintained v1 API and cannot migrate to v2

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: video-processing, image-processing, audio-processing, animation
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform, windows
- tags: video-editing, non-linear-editing, gif, ffmpeg-wrapper, numpy, compositing, subclipping, text-overlays, scriptable-video, video, automation, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- Zulko/moviepy (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:08.838707+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 2026-08-29T17:07:01.099108+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:08.838707+00:00, sha 7c4b61a7094c)
  - homepage: https://zulko.github.io/moviepy/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:02.002686+00:00, sha 2109b4f4df54)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.