General Tools

About this collection

General Tools brings together 514 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include API Libraries & SDKs, Build Scripts & Automation, Case Studies & Best Practices in DRM, and Command-line Utilities & Wrappers.

Resources (showing 169–192 of 514)

• ffbuilderInteractive FFmpeg command builder that emits runnable shell/batch scripts.
• ffmpeg-cli-wrapper (Kotlin)Actively maintained Kotlin rewrite/successor of bramp's Java FFmpeg CLI wrapper.
• ffmpeg-commanderWeb GUI that generates FFmpeg command lines (HandBrake-inspired), with an optional ffmpegd websocket runner.
• ffmpeg-ktKotlin Multiplatform wrapper for FFmpeg.
• ffmpeg-sidecarRust crate wrapping the standalone FFmpeg binary with an Iterator interface, parsing stderr for progress/frame/bitrate events.
• FFMpegCorePopular, well-maintained .NET wrapper for FFmpeg/FFprobe with a fluent argument builder and sync/async APIs.
• ffpb — Transparent FFmpeg Progress Bar WrapperPython wrapper that adds a tqdm progress bar and adaptive ETA to any ffmpeg invocation, usable as a CLI or library.
• ffprobe3-python3Actively maintained Python 3 wrapper for ffprobe metadata extraction, replacing the stale original ffprobe3 project.
• goffmpeg — Go FFmpeg wrapperMaintained Go wrapper for FFmpeg: transcode/stream with progress via channel, filters, watermark, concat, subtitles.
• JaffreeJava ffmpeg and ffprobe command-line wrapper.
• pgsripCLI tool that rips PGS (bitmap) subtitles to SRT via MKVToolNix and Tesseract OCR.
• rust-ffmpeg (zmwangx)Maintained safe Rust wrapper for FFmpeg libraries (fork of the abandoned meh crate), compatible with FFmpeg 3.4–8.0.
• StreamlinkStreamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player
• svc (simple video compressor TUI)Simple terminal-UI video compressor wrapping ffmpeg for quick interactive compression.
• video-cliOne-line terminal video editing commands (retime, togif, trim, tile, toimg) built as a Python CLI, also on PyPI.
• video-processing-cliNode CLI generating DASH playlists and multi-resolution renditions using FFmpeg and Shaka Packager.
• AOMedia Community WikiOfficial AV1/AOM community hub linking to working groups and mailing lists for codec developers.
• AV1-discuss Mailing ListOfficial AOMedia developer mailing list for AV1 spec and codec discussion.
• awesome-ffmpeg (awesomelistsio)Actively maintained curated list of FFmpeg tools, libraries, and guides for recording, converting, and streaming media.
• awesome-iptvCurated list of IPTV resources: players, tools, specs — niche vertical within streaming.
• awesome-pion — Go WebRTC ecosystem indexCurated index of projects built on Pion, the Go WebRTC stack: SFUs, WHIP/WHEP servers, media bridges and tooling.
• awesome-rtcCurated Real-Time Communications list covering Janus, LiveKit, mediasoup, Jitsi, coturn, and related WebRTC infrastructure.
• awesome-video (sitkevij)Curated awesome-list covering video frameworks, libraries, specs, and software (FFmpegKit, ExoPlayer, hls.js, etc).
• awesome-video-broadcastingCurated broadcasting and live-production tools list, open-source/low-cost focus.