FFmpeg End of Life Dates
Release, end of support and end of life dates for every tracked FFmpeg version, with current status.
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Status as of 2026-09-23 (UTC): 38 versions tracked; 7 supported, 0 security fixes only, 0 ending within 90 days, 31 end of life.
| Version | Status | Released | Support ends | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 'Lei' | Supported | 2026-08-04 | Not announced | 9.0.2 |
| 8.1 'Hoare' | Supported | 2026-03-16 | Not announced | 8.1.3 |
| 8.0 'Huffman' | Supported | 2025-08-22 | Not announced | 8.0.3 |
| 7.1 'Péter' (LTS) | Supported | 2024-09-30 | Not announced | 7.1.5 |
| 7.0 'Dijkstra' | End of life | 2024-04-05 | 2026-06-22 | 7.0.3 |
| 6.1 'Heaviside' | Supported | 2023-11-11 | Not announced | 6.1.6 |
| 6.0 'Von Neumann' | End of life | 2023-02-27 | 2024-07-11 | 6.0.1 |
| 5.1 'Riemann' (LTS) | Supported | 2022-07-22 | Not announced | 5.1.10 |
| 5.0 'Lorentz' | End of life | 2022-01-14 | 2023-04-02 | 5.0.3 |
| 4.4 'Rao' | Supported | 2021-04-08 | Not announced | 4.4.8 |
| 4.3 '4:3' | End of life | 2020-06-15 | 2026-06-21 | 4.3.9 |
| 4.2 'Ada' | End of life | 2019-08-05 | 2026-06-21 | 4.2.11 |
| 4.1 'al-Khwarizmi' | End of life | 2018-11-06 | 2024-07-21 | 4.1.11 |
| 4.0 'Wu' | End of life | 2018-04-20 | 2020-07-03 | 4.0.6 |
| 3.4 'Cantor' | End of life | 2017-10-15 | 2026-06-21 | 3.4.14 |
| 3.3 'Hilbert' | End of life | 2017-04-13 | 2018-11-18 | 3.3.9 |
| 3.2 'Hypatia' | End of life | 2016-10-27 | 2022-10-28 | 3.2.19 |
| 3.1 'Laplace' | End of life | 2016-06-27 | 2017-09-25 | 3.1.11 |
| 3.0 'Einstein' | End of life | 2016-02-15 | 2018-10-28 | 3.0.12 |
| 2.8 'Feynman' | End of life | 2015-09-09 | 2026-06-21 | 2.8.22 |
| 2.7 'Nash' | End of life | 2015-06-10 | 2016-04-30 | 2.7.7 |
| 2.6 'Grothendieck' | End of life | 2015-03-07 | 2016-05-03 | 2.6.9 |
| 2.5 'Bohr' | End of life | 2014-12-04 | 2016-02-02 | 2.5.11 |
| 2.4 'Fresnel' | End of life | 2014-09-14 | 2017-12-31 | 2.4.14 |
| 2.3 'Mandelbrot' | End of life | 2014-07-16 | 2015-01-06 | 2.3.6 |
| 2.2 'Muybridge' | End of life | 2014-03-23 | 2015-06-18 | 2.2.16 |
| 2.1 'Fourier' | End of life | 2013-10-28 | 2015-04-30 | 2.1.8 |
| 2.0 'Nameless' | End of life | 2013-07-10 | 2015-06-10 | 2.0.7 |
| 1.2 'Magic' | End of life | 2013-03-15 | 2015-02-12 | 1.2.12 |
| 1.1 'Fire Flower' | End of life | 2013-01-06 | 2015-03-13 | 1.1.16 |
| 1.0 'Angel' | End of life | 2012-09-28 | 2014-07-20 | 1.0.10 |
| 0.11 'Happiness' | End of life | 2012-05-25 | 2014-03-10 | 0.11.5 |
| 0.10 'Freedom' | End of life | 2012-01-26 | 2015-03-12 | 0.10.16 |
| 0.9 'Harmony' | End of life | 2011-12-11 | 2014-03-21 | 0.9.4 |
| 0.8 'Love' | End of life | 2011-06-21 | 2013-10-06 | 0.8.15 |
| 0.7 'Peace' | End of life | 2011-06-21 | 2015-03-12 | 0.7.17 |
| 0.6 'Works with HTML5' | End of life | 2010-05-04 | 2013-09-23 | 0.6.7 |
| 0.5 'half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed' | End of life | 2009-03-02 | 2014-11-29 | 0.5.15 |
Note: "Not announced" means the vendor has not published a date. "Ended (no date published)" means the source marks it ended without a date. Dates are compared as calendar days in UTC, so a date can flip up to a day earlier or later than your local calendar.
Data: endoflife.date (MIT license), snapshot 2026-09-23. Dates come from each vendor's published lifecycle. Always confirm with the vendor link before a purchase or migration decision.