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faac

faac is an open-source video converters project written in C with 221 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “Freeware Advanced Audio Coder faac mirror.”

Category
Video converters
Type
Open source
Platform
C project
Pricing
Free / open source
License
LGPL-2.1
GitHub stars
221
Last updated
2026-08-20

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Frequently asked

What is faac?

faac is an open-source video converters project written in C with 221 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “Freeware Advanced Audio Coder faac mirror.”

Is faac free?

faac is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

What are the best faac alternatives?

The closest alternatives in the same category include aseprite, SDWebImage, terminalizer, piskel, libvips — each has a live profile with facts and its own alternatives list on this hub.