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Tdarr vs FFmate: catalog facts
Tdarr	FFmate
Freemium Free to use, with paid options described on the Tdarr site.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0-only license.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Automates transcoding across a whole library Can distribute work across several machines	Web interface and REST API for managing jobs Watch folders and configurable presets
Needs a server and some configuration Transcoding large libraries is processor-intensive	Requires FFmpeg Designed for building and managing processing workflows
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0-only
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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