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FormatFactory

Fast batch video, audio and image converter.

Completely free
Linux

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Automatic reading of the official pages
License: Proprietary, freeconfirmed by Flathub
Open source: No
Commercial use: not documented
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Keshav Bhatt
Latest version: 1.3 (1 July 2026)
Latest activity: 2 July 2026
Source code: github.com/keshavbhatt/formatfactory-packaging

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: batch processing, subtitles and hardware acceleration.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Fast batch converter for video, audio and image files Download for Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Burn subtitles into videos or add them as soft subtitle tracks” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“Hardware-accelerated (GPU) encoding for faster conversions” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Modern interface with light and dark themes that follow your system” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

FormatFactory is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Weaknesses

Closed source

About

FormatFactory is a fast and powerful media converter for Linux. Convert video, audio and image files individually or in large batches using an intuitive desktop interface. Supported formats: Video: MP4, MKV, WebM, MOV, AVI and more Audio: MP3, FLAC, AAC, WAV, OGG and more Images: PNG, JPEG, WebP and more Features: Batch conversion queue with live progress, ETA and estimated output size Ready-to-use presets for common devices, sites and workflows, plus a custom conversion profile builder Convert hundreds of files in a single operation Per-file editing: trim with preview, crop, rotate, flip, change speed (slow-mo / timelapse) and track selection Enhance video: deinterlace, denoise, sharpen and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and gamma with a live before/after preview Burn subtitles into videos or add them as soft subtitle tracks Add or replace audio using external tracks, with language tags Audio loudness normalization for consistent playback volume Edit metadata, tags and cover art while preserving embedded artwork Add watermarks and logos with adjustable position, size and opacity One-click quick actions: extract audio, extract subtitles, extract a track, extract frames, grab a poster frame, create GIFs or animated WebP, remove audio, change container, adjust volume and strip metadata Split long recordings into timed segments, or package video as HLS (.m3u8 + .ts) for streaming Remove silence from audio for tighter podcasts and voice recordings Compare encoded quality against the original with VMAF, PSNR and SSIM Compress media to a target file size Hardware-accelerated encoding for faster conversions Flexible output directories and filename templates Available in English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian Modern interface with light and dark themes that follow your system Whether you need to convert a single file or process an entire media library, FormatFactory provides the tools to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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