ffmpeg-static
Prebuilt ffmpeg binaries for macOS, Linux and Windows: convert and stream video and audio, e.g. pull the audio track out of a video.
Files, images and media npm GPL-3.0-or-later
Used in agent projects
23
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#43 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
2.5M
npm, last 7 days, ffmpeg-static
GitHub stars
1,402
last push Mar 21, 2026
How ffmpeg-static is used
ffmpeg-static is a dependency in 23 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #43 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (56.5%), tsx (43.5%), Zod (52.2%).
Often used with ffmpeg-static
| dotenv | 56.5% of ffmpeg-static projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| tsx | 43.5% of ffmpeg-static projects · 4.4× more than average |
| Zod | 52.2% of ffmpeg-static projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 39.1% of ffmpeg-static projects · 4.4× more than average |
| TypeScript | 91.3% of ffmpeg-static projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Sharp | 34.8% of ffmpeg-static projects · 11.3× more than average |
| Vitest | 39.1% of ffmpeg-static projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 60.9% of ffmpeg-static projects · 1.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list ffmpeg-static as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install ffmpeg-static |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (15), Next.js (8) |
| Example projects | JNTMTMTM/eIsland, nirholas/three.ws, guimatheus92/mcp-video-analyzer, Jannchie/liora, Hive-Academy/ptah-extension |
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