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HandBrake

HandBrake is a video conversion program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

HandBrake is a video conversion program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

File formats mentioned: MP4, MKV, OGG and WEBM.

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
  • “HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “HandBrake takes videos you already have and makes new ones that work on your mobile phone, tablet, TV media player, game console, computer, or web browser—nearly anything that supports modern video formats.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of HandBrake is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. Reasons you'll love Handbrake: Convert video from nearly any format Free and Open Source Multi-Platform (Windows, Mac and Linux)

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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