MKVToolNix
Free and open source Matroska libraries and toolset
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MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the Matroska media container format by Moritz Bunkus including mkvmerge. The free and open source Matroska libraries and tools are available for various platforms including Linux and BSD distributions, macOS and Microsoft Windows. The tools can be also downloaded from video software distributors[4] and FOSS repositories.[5]
Original authorMoritz Bunkus
DeveloperMoritz Bunkus
ReleaseApril 30, 2003
Stable release
100.0[1]
/ July 5, 2026
| MKVToolNix | |
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 mkvmerge GUI v5.7.0, a component of MKVToolNix, showing its "Global" tab | |
| Original author | Moritz Bunkus |
| Developer | Moritz Bunkus |
| Release | April 30, 2003 |
| Stable release | 100.0[1]
/ July 5, 2026 |
| Written in | C++ (GUI: originally in wxWidgets, but ported to Qt5 due to the wxWidgets problems.[2] [3] |
| Operating system | Unix-like, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux |
| Size | ~20 MB |
| Available in | 27 languages: list |
| Type | Multimedia software (container format manipulation) |
| License | GPLv2 or later |
| Website | mkvtoolnix |
| Repository | |
Applications
MKVToolNix was reviewed by the Linux Journal, Linux Format, the ICTE Journal, and Softpedia among others.[6] The tools are cited in patents for a "Universal container for audio data".[7] A "portable" Windows edition exists, but is not yet[update] available in the PortableApps format.[8]
Components
- MKVToolNix GUI
- is a GUI for mkvmerge built in Qt, and a successor of mmg.
- mkvmerge
- merges multimedia streams into a Matroska file.[9]
- mkvinfo
- lists all elements contained in a Matroska file.
- mkvextract
- extracts specific parts from a Matroska file to other formats.
- mkvpropedit
- allows to analyze and modify some Matroska file properties.
See also
- Converting video on Wikimedia Commons
- List of open-source codecs