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ffmpeg-sidecar

v2.5.1 Stable

Wrap a standalone FFmpeg binary in an intuitive Iterator interface.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.79
Multimedia #video#ffmpeg

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 30d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 3+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 371 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
1.2M
Dependents
371
Releases
30
Size
62KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

145.1K downloads in the last 30 days (4.8K/day), up 13% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

371 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 30 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 17/25

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
4K/day avg+40%
02K4K6K8K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.4.0
28%
v2.0.5
25%
v2.2.0
21%
v2.3.0
15%
v2.0.6
11%

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
371
crates depend on ffmpeg-sidecar

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