ffmpeg end of life dates — full support timeline
31 of 37 tracked ffmpeg releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 2026-03-16 | not announced | 8.1.2 | supported |
| 8.0 | 2025-08-22 | not announced | 8.0.3 | supported |
| 7.1 LTS | 2024-09-30 | not announced | 7.1.5 | supported |
| 7.0 | 2024-04-05 | 2026-06-22 | 7.0.3 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2023-11-11 | not announced | 6.1.6 | supported |
| 6.0 | 2023-02-27 | 2024-07-11 | 6.0.1 | ended |
| 5.1 LTS | 2022-07-22 | not announced | 5.1.10 | supported |
| 5.0 | 2022-01-14 | 2023-04-02 | 5.0.3 | ended |
| 4.4 | 2021-04-08 | not announced | 4.4.8 | supported |
| 4.3 | 2020-06-15 | 2026-06-21 | 4.3.9 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2019-08-05 | 2026-06-21 | 4.2.11 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2018-11-06 | 2024-07-21 | 4.1.11 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2018-04-20 | 2020-07-03 | 4.0.6 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2017-10-15 | 2026-06-21 | 3.4.14 | ended |
| 3.3 | 2017-04-13 | 2018-11-18 | 3.3.9 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2016-10-27 | 2022-10-28 | 3.2.19 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2016-06-27 | 2017-09-25 | 3.1.11 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2016-02-15 | 2018-10-28 | 3.0.12 | ended |
| 2.8 | 2015-09-09 | 2026-06-21 | 2.8.22 | ended |
| 2.7 | 2015-06-10 | 2016-04-30 | 2.7.7 | ended |
| 2.6 | 2015-03-07 | 2016-05-03 | 2.6.9 | ended |
| 2.5 | 2014-12-04 | 2016-02-02 | 2.5.11 | ended |
| 2.4 | 2014-09-14 | 2017-12-31 | 2.4.14 | ended |
| 2.3 | 2014-07-16 | 2015-01-06 | 2.3.6 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ffmpeg release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/ffmpeg, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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