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# Introduce

WebAV is an SDK for creating/editing video files on the Web platform, built on WebCodecs.

## Features

- 💻 Cross-platform, Runs in Edge, Chrome, and Electron
- 💰 Zero cost, Completely client-side computation without server cost
- 🔏 Privacy security, No data of the user is uploaded
- 🚀 High performance,10 ~ 20 times that of ffmpeg.wasm
- 🧩 Easy to extend,it is very friendly to Web developers, and can easily cooperate with Canvas and WebAudio to realize custom functions
- 🤏 Small size,~ 50kb (MINIFIED + GZIPPED, not tree-shaking)

## Application Scenarios

- Batch audio and video file processing; For example: adding watermark, dubbing, embedding subtitles
- Build audio and video related products; Such as: video editing, live streaming, video animation production

## Sponsor

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