Devtoolwatch Boardffmpeg-skill review
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- 4.2kGitHub stars
- +1.6knew stars, week of Oct 25
- ~8kdownloads a week, +232% vs 4-week avg
- #29in MCP and agent tools this week
ffmpeg-skill at a glance
- Category
- MCP and agent tools
- Website
- www.npmjs.com/package/ffmpeg-skill
Is ffmpeg-skill growing? Usage data
In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, ffmpeg-skill ranked #198 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #29 in MCP and agent tools, with a momentum score of 45 out of 100. Its main package had about 8k downloads that week, +232% against its own 4-week average.
Show the weekly numbers
| Week of | New stars |
|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2026 | – |
| Aug 16, 2026 | – |
| Aug 23, 2026 | – |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 275 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 722 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 249 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 150 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 117 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 72 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 669 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 1.6k |
The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.
ffmpeg-skill alternatives
Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:
| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | REAREA is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies,… | 415.5k | 760.6k |
| #2 | ha-mcpha-mcp is an unofficial Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants control and manage Home Assistant using natural language. | 5.4k | 118.1k |
| #3 | TregTreg is a registry and proxy that gives AI agents one token for a catalog of paid third-party API endpoints and team-shared tools. | 6.9k | 6.7k |
| #4 | Chrome DevTools MCPChrome DevTools MCP is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser using Chrome DevTools. | 54.6k | 2.7M |
| #5 | codebase-memory-mcpHigh-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 162… | 47.9k | – |
| #6 | open-computer-use👾 Open Computer Use – Open-Source Alternative to Codex Computer Use | 2.8k | – |
ffmpeg-skill FAQ
How popular is ffmpeg-skill?
ffmpeg-skill has 4.2k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 1.6k new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 467 a week. Its main package had about 8k downloads that week, +232% against its own 4-week average. That made it #29 among MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.
What are the best alternatives to ffmpeg-skill?
Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: REA (#1), ha-mcp (#2), Treg (#3), Chrome DevTools MCP (#4), codebase-memory-mcp (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.
Sources
ffmpeg-skill README badge
Maintainers can show the tool's weekly Board rank in their README:
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