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frei0r

brew install frei0r v3.2.1 GPL-2.0-or-later

Minimalistic plugin API and collection of free video effects for multimedia applications.

Why you might care

Frei0r provides a standardized, lightweight plugin interface that video editors (FFmpeg, MLT, Kdenlive) can load to apply real-time effects without reimplementing them. Use it if you're building or extending a video tool that needs a plugin ecosystem, or running tools that consume frei0r effects. It's portable across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Categories

library plugin video-tool

Alternatives

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Build dependencies

cmake

Links

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