HandBrake Web
Use one or more instances of HandBrake video transcoder on a headless device via a web interface.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Mar 2026.
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At a glance
HandBrake Web quick facts
- Health score
- 50/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 806
- Last commit
- 7 months ago (Mar 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.8.1, Dec 2025
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "This project is not related to or part of the official HandBrake development. It simply uses the CLI component of HandBrake under the hood."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
HandBrake Web scores 50/100, #27 of 32 in Automation: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.8.1, 11 months ago) earns 18.3 of 25, 806 stars add 11.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 18.3 / 25
v0.8.1 released 11 months ago
- Stars 11.6 / 20
806 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 47
- Last 12 months
- 7 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #27 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between µTask (#26) and Automatisch (#28) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.8.1 · 11 months ago |
| Stars | 806 |
| Open issues | 31 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | TheNickOfTime/handbrake-web ↗ |
HandBrake Web vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with HandBrake Web (Automation), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflow | 99 | 47k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Activepieces | 98 | 25k | MIT | today |
| changedetection.io | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Kestra | 98 | 30k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Gotenberg | 97 | 13k | MIT | today |
| HandBrake Web (this tool) | 50 | 806 | AGPL-3.0 | 7 months ago |
HandBrake Web: common questions
Is HandBrake Web still maintained?
HandBrake Web had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 months ago; the latest tagged release, v0.8.1, is from 11 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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