2swap/swaptube
youtube video renderer observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 84
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1189
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1652 stars · 77 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
SwapTube is a C++ framework for programmatically rendering YouTube videos, built on FFMPEG with custom graphics code above the encoding layer. It requires a CUDA or HIP-compatible GPU and supports in-video LaTeX rendering via MicroTeX.
Use cases
- render animated youtube videos programmatically
- create math explainer videos with latex equations
- generate videos from code instead of a video editor
- render video frames with gpu acceleration
- build custom animation scenes for educational videos
When to choose
- you want code-driven video generation on linux with an nvidia or amd gpu
- you need in-video latex equation rendering
- you want full low-level control over the render pipeline beyond ffmpeg
When to avoid
- you need a supported build on macos or windows
- you lack a cuda or hip-compatible gpu
- you want a gui video editor rather than a code framework
Facets
library · maturity active
video-processing graphics animation gpu-computing graphics media developer-tools cpp cli ffmpeg cuda hip youtube-video-rendering latex-rendering programmatic-video 3blue1brown-style video linux gpu
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/2swap/swaptube · fetched 2026-08-28 · 08102015152f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2swap/swaptube | main | 74 |
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