HandBrake Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to HandBrake for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to HandBrake and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to HandBrake are Shutter Encoder, Avidemux, MakeMKV and FormatLab.

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An open-source multithreaded video transcoder, HandBrake compresses and converts digital media, supporting MP4, MKV formats, and offers hardware-accelerated conversion.

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HandBrake alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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  1. FFMPEG UI icon
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    FFMPEG UI

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    A user interface to quickly and easily convert media files using FFMPEG behind the scenes.

    61 FFMPEG UI alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Hardware Accelerated
    4.  Lossless Audio
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Support for 4K
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  2. MEncoder icon
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    MEncoder

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    MEncoder is a free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool released under the GNU General Public License. It is a sibling of MPlayer , and can convert all the formats that MPlayer understands into a variety of compressed and...

    143 MEncoder alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer

    MEncoder Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
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  4. Internet Friendly Media Encoder icon
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    Internet Friendly Media Encoder

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    Convert all your video to the latest and next generation video codec. The H.265 standard, able to produce same quality while reduce bandwidth up to 50%, which mean capable shrink half of original file size!

    163 Internet Friendly Media Encoder alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Internet Friendly Media Encoder Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Graphical User Interface
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  5. Compress - Video Compressor icon
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    Compress - Video Compressor

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    Compress is the tool you need that converts videos in any format to nicely sized lossless MP4 in a short time, with the most seamless user interface.

    37 Compress - Video Compressor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Batch Editing
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Lossless Compression
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  6. dmMediaConverter icon
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    dmMediaConverter

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    dmMediaConverter is a crossplatform FFmpeg frontend (GUI) exposing some of its features. It is intended to be simple and easy to use but also to be able to achieve complex tasks. I have inspired myself from a lot of media converters like Handbrake, WinFF and MkvMergeGui.

    136 dmMediaConverter alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Rotate Video
    8.  Embed subtitles into video
    9.  AAC
    10.  Matroska
    11.  Normalize Volume
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  7. Voukoder Pro icon
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    Voukoder Pro

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    Voukoder is system wide video- and audio encoding service for Windows that improves your media encoding experience. It supports various encoders (both CPU and GPU based) and also provides a set of post processing filters.

    119 Voukoder Pro alternatives
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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Voukoder Pro Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Hardware Accelerated
    5.  Support for 4K
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  9. Hybrid icon
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    Hybrid

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    Hybrid is a multi-platform Qt-based frontend for a bunch of tools which can convert most input formats to common audio & video formats and containers.

    48 Hybrid alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Hybrid Features

    1.  Support for 4K
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
    5.  Video tagging
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