Decision Workspace
avio vs ac-ffmpeg vs ffmpeg-next
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
avio
experimentalv0.14.3
Safe, high-level audio/video/image processing for Rust — backend-agnostic multimedia toolkit
49
ac-ffmpeg
growingv0.19.0
Simple and safe Rust interface for FFmpeg libraries.
71
ffmpeg-next
stablev8.1.0
Safe FFmpeg wrapper (FFmpeg 4 compatible fork of the ffmpeg crate)
Core Metrics
| avio | ac-ffmpeg | ffmpeg-next | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 49 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 353 | 52.1K | 3.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.5K | 812.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 76 | 858 |
| Releases | 23 | 17 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 21d ago | 374d ago | 68d ago |
| Age | 2m | 5y 9m | 7y 8m |
Health Breakdown
avio
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
ac-ffmpeg
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
ffmpeg-next
Maintenance
14
Quality
23
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| avio | ac-ffmpeg | ffmpeg-next | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.14.3 | 0.19.0 | 8.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | WTFPL |
| Dependencies | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 117KB | 55KB | 99KB |
| Features | 16 | 2 | 67 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | 1.93.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ffmpeg-next leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ffmpeg-next is depended on by 858 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ac-ffmpeg has not been updated in over a year.
- •avio, ac-ffmpeg are pre-1.0 — API may change.