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FrameExtractorFFmpeg
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later.

 Free

Free and open source. The codebase is mainly LGPL 2.1 with some components under the GPL…

Windows, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Graphical front end to ffmpeg frame extraction
  • Extracts frames directly from YouTube URLs
  • Handles practically every container and codec there is
  • Remuxes without re-encoding, so a container change is instant and lossless
  • Small, young project
  • Single-purpose tool
  • Command line only, with syntax that punishes guessing
  • Argument order matters in ways that are not obvious
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License: LGPL-2.1
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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