FFmpeg WebCLI
Full FFmpeg in Browser, Offline PWA, No Uploads(WASM)
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Built a browser-based FFmpeg editor that runs entirely client-side via WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device -- all processing happens in a Web Worker. Works offline as an installable PWA after first load.
HN · launched Jun 4, 2026 · 86 upvotes (top 10%) · 0 views
Niche: browser-based media editors · 91 launches, 15 in the last 7 days ▼ -6% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 91 launches in browser-based media editors →
Could you build this?
Yes This is an in-browser PWA wrapping the existing ffmpeg.wasm library inside a Web Worker with a client-side UI.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: VirtualDub, easyVMAF, Whisper.cpp, WebLLM
Concerns raised: ~4x slower than native for encoding, No hardware encoding support in WASM, WASM SIMD limited to 128-bit width, UI clarity about data locality needed
Feature requests: WebGPU for compute acceleration, WebCodecs for hardware encoding support, Clearer visual indicator that data stays local
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 308 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #22 of 309 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 215 days after the earliest competitor.
- MediaShift · ph · 2026-10-26 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- FFmpeg.wasm In-Browser Video Conversion · hn · 2025-11-01 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- JSM Video · ph · 2026-10-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- FFmpeg Commander · ph · 2026-09-30 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- FFmpeGo · ph · 2026-09-25 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Ez FFmpeg · hn · 2025-12-27 · 420 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- FFmpeg-GUI-Editor-Windows · github · 2026-11-12 · 1045 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files · hn · 2026-04-21 · 301 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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