{
  "slug": "ffmpeg",
  "name": "FFmpeg MCP",
  "vendor": "Community (video-creator)",
  "official": false,
  "category": "editing-post",
  "featured": false,
  "tagline": "Conversational FFmpeg: trim, concat, overlay, scale, and extract frames locally.",
  "description": "Wraps the FFmpeg CLI as MCP tools for finding, probing, cutting, merging, compositing, and resizing local video files. The workhorse for agent-side post tasks on generated clips — no cloud upload, no credits.",
  "capabilities": [
    "transcode",
    "trim-concat",
    "overlay",
    "frame-extraction",
    "media-probe"
  ],
  "tools_sample": [
    "find_video_path",
    "get_video_info",
    "clip_video",
    "concat_videos",
    "overlay_video",
    "scale_video",
    "extract_frames_from_video"
  ],
  "install": {
    "claude_code": null,
    "remote_url": null,
    "stdio_command": "uv --directory /path/to/ffmpeg-mcp run ffmpeg-mcp (after cloning the repo)"
  },
  "auth": {
    "type": "none",
    "env_var": null,
    "key_url": null
  },
  "pricing": "free",
  "links": {
    "repo": "https://github.com/video-creator/ffmpeg-mcp",
    "docs": null,
    "site": null
  },
  "added": "2026-06-11",
  "verified": "2026-06-11",
  "notes": "134 stars, pushed May 2026 — the best-maintained ffmpeg MCP (egoist/ffmpeg-mcp is dormant since Mar 2025). Caveat: README states macOS only. Cross-platform lighter alternatives: kevinwatt/ffmpeg-mcp-lite and KyaniteLabs/mcp-video (guardrailed, active Jun 2026)."
}