# Install ffmate with Homebrew FFmpeg automation layer. Version 2.0.18 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ffmate ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ffmate ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ffmate - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.18 - **Source summary:** FFmpeg automation layer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - ffmate (cli) - ffmate (alias) ## Build dependencies - go - node - pnpm ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/welovemedia/ffmate - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage FFmate is a newer FFmpeg automation layer aimed at turning one-off command-line transcoding into a service-style workflow with a REST API, web UI, webhooks, watch folders, presets, queueing, and script hooks. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in January 2025. Its README describes FFmate as an automation layer built on top of FFmpeg, designed both to simplify transcoding and to act as an extensible engine for custom media workflows. ### Adoption history Source-backed public adoption history is still thin because the project is young. The official repository and docs position it for developers integrating transcoding into applications and services rather than as a long-established Unix multimedia primitive. ### How it is used The usual workflow is to run FFmate as a server, then submit and manage tasks through its REST API, web UI, watchfolder endpoints, webhooks, presets, and pre/post-processing scripts while FFmpeg remains the external media engine. ### Why package nerds care For package users, FFmate matters as a packaged orchestration layer around FFmpeg: it is not another codec toolkit, but a daemon/API surface for repeatable media pipelines. ### Timeline - 2025: Public GitHub repository created. - 2025-2026: Official documentation and README describe FFmate as an FFmpeg-based automation layer with API, UI, queues, watchfolders, presets, webhooks, and script hooks. ### Related projects - FFmpeg is the underlying transcoding engine that FFmate automates. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ffmate - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pnpm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pnpm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, transcoding, video. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, transcoding, video. - [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpegthumbnailer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [ffms2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffms2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [video-compare](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/video-compare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [videoalchemy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/videoalchemy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. - [animdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/animdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ffmate.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ffmate.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph