Alternatives to ffmpeg
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. ffmpeg itself: install ffmpeg.
Postgres
Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, pleas
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
lua
A copy of the Lua development repository, as seen by the Lua team. Mirrored irregularly. All communication should be through the Lua mailing list http
stern
⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern
libsixel
A SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel (https://github.com/saitoha/sixel)
libbpf
Automated upstream mirror for libbpf stand-alone build
video-compare
Split-screen video comparison tool using FFmpeg and SDL2
cloudformation-guard
Guard offers a policy-as-code domain-specific language (DSL) to write rules and validate JSON- and YAML-formatted data such as CloudFormation Template
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
bat
A cat(1) clone with wings
starship
☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!
mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than ffmpeg — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
ffmpeg is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.