[2] Ampache's Mascot is a squirrel called Fraz, originally drawn by Kirsten Petersen, later digitized by Ben Shields, and redesigned by Agnès Champavier in 2008.

Ampache's primary objective is to maintain a simple, secure and fast web front end that will run on almost any hardware and any platform that supports PHP.

[citation needed] Ampache also provides an application programming interface (API) for extracting meta data in the form of XML documents.

Independent viewing reduces distractions, and allows students to progress at their own pace, pausing to take notes or repeating segments for clarification.

[citation needed] The code philosophy listed on Ampache's wiki specifies security as one of the most important considerations during application development.