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ffmpeg-sidecar

v2.4.0 Stable

Wrap a standalone FFmpeg binary in an intuitive Iterator interface.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.79
Multimedia #video#ffmpeg

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 3+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 333 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
924.8K
Dependents
333
Releases
28
Size
61KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

109.0K downloads in the last 30 days (3.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

333 crates depend on ffmpeg-sidecar. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 3+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 3 years with 28 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include re_video, pankosmia_web, mcat, libobs-sources, hypetrigger. When high-quality crates choose ffmpeg-sidecar, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 21/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3K/day avg+8%
02K4K6K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.0.5
28%
v2.2.0
24%
v2.4.0
21%
v2.0.2
15%
v2.0.6
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["download_ffmpeg"]

named_pipesdownload_ffmpeg*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
333
crates depend on ffmpeg-sidecar

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