Underbar Open Source Components

This site provides source code and build information for GPL/AGPL-licensed components bundled with Underbar.app, in compliance with open source license requirements.

GPL/AGPL Compliance Notice: Underbar.app bundles several GPL and AGPL-licensed CLI tools. While Underbar itself is proprietary software, we provide complete source code and build information for all GPL/AGPL components as required by their licenses.

FFmpeg 8.0.1

GPL v2+

Description: Complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Used in Underbar for media conversion and processing.

Usage in Underbar: FFmpeg is executed as a separate CLI process (not linked). The Underbar app invokes the bundled ffmpeg binary via command-line for media operations.

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Build Information

Source: Official FFmpeg 8.0.1 from https://ffmpeg.org

Build Method: Homebrew formula (builds from official source)

Compiler: Apple clang version 17.0.0

Architecture: arm64 (Apple Silicon)

Configuration:

--enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-videotoolbox --enable-audiotoolbox --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads

License

FFmpeg is licensed under GPL v2+ due to inclusion of libx264 and libx265.

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Ghostscript 10.06.0

AGPL v3

Description: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF. Used in Underbar for PDF compression and conversion.

Usage in Underbar: Ghostscript is executed as a separate CLI process for PDF operations.

Build Information

Source: Official Ghostscript from https://www.ghostscript.com

Build Method: Homebrew formula

Architecture: arm64 (Apple Silicon)

License

Ghostscript is licensed under AGPL v3.

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qpdf 12.2.0

Apache 2.0

Description: Command-line tool for structural, content-preserving transformations on PDF files. Used in Underbar for PDF merge, split, and manipulation.

Usage in Underbar: qpdf is executed as a separate CLI process for PDF operations.

Build Information

Source: Official qpdf from https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf

Build Method: Homebrew formula

Architecture: arm64 (Apple Silicon)

License

qpdf is licensed under Apache License 2.0 (more permissive than GPL).

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