#1
Cobalt is a self-hostable web media downloader for saving publicly accessible videos and audio from supported social platforms via a simple paste-a-link interface and API.
42.3k stars3.7k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
8 self-hosted Any Video Converter (AVC) Online alternatives
Cloud-based video conversion and editing service that converts video and audio across 1000+ formats, provides compression, basic editing (trimming/merging), bulk and concurrent processing, GPU-accelerated high-speed conversion, and AI-assisted enhancements (upscaling, blur, speech-to-text).
Alternatives to Any Video Converter (AVC) Online
#2
CLI tool that orchestrates yt-dlp and FFmpeg with YAML presets to download, convert, tag, and organize media for Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, Emby and music players.
2.9k stars104 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Self-hosted web app to auto-download YouTube channels, organize media with metadata, and schedule downloads for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and Kodi.
1.5k stars64 forksISClast commit Actively maintained
#4
Self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp to download videos, playlists, channels and live streams with queues, presets, scheduling, notifications and a built-in player.
1k stars35 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted video compressor web app with a SvelteKit UI, FastAPI API, and Celery workers using FFmpeg with GPU acceleration (NVENC/VAAPI) and CPU fallback.
902 stars47 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#6
Tool to discover, download, convert and organize trailers for Radarr and Sonarr-managed media libraries, with a FastAPI backend and Angular UI.
450 stars24 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Web app to generate GIFs from Plex media and subtitles with integrated Plex login; built on .NET 6 and provided as a Docker Compose service.
56 stars3 forksLGPL-2.1last commit Likely dormant
Self-hosted workflow automation for media and file libraries—watch folders, run FFmpeg/metadata steps, and route outputs with a visual flow builder.
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What replacing Any Video Converter (AVC) Online actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 6 of 8 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, ISC, MIT, LGPL-2.1. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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