SJVideoPlayer
An open source media player library for iOS that provides a customizable player interface. It supports multiple backends (AVPlayer, IJKPlayer, etc.) and features like gesture controls and picture-in-picture.
Players
PotPlayer
A free multimedia player for Windows with extensive format support, advanced features (such as 3D and 360° playback), and custom skins.
Media Player Classic – Black Edition (MPC-BE)
A community fork of MPC-HC with additional features and improvements, offering enhanced audio/video playback and a dark-themed interface.
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JW Player (Free Version)
A popular embeddable web video player with a free tier, originally an open source project, offering HLS and DASH support and extensive customization.
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Media Player Classic – Home Cinema (MPC-HC)
A lightweight, open source Windows media player modeled after the classic Windows Media Player 6.4. It supports a wide range of formats with GPU acceleration and subtitle support.
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Flowplayer
A lightweight HTML5 video player known for fast performance and plugin support, historically used as an open source web player.
afterglow
An open source HTML5 video player that builds on top of Video.js, offering a simpler integration (just adding data attributes to video tags) and a default aesthetic out-of-the-box. afterglow aims to make including a responsive, skinnable video player on websites quick and easy.
OpenPlayerJS
A lightweight open source video and audio player for the web. OpenPlayerJS supports modern streaming formats (HLS via hls.js, DASH via dash.js) and provides a clean UI that is easily customizable, aiming to be an easy-to-integrate solution.
Projekktor
An open source HTML5 video player from the early 2010s. Projekktor provided a unified player with plugin support to handle both HTML5 and Flash fallback in an era of transition. While development has slowed, it remains a piece of the open source player history.
jPlayer
A jQuery-based media library that can be used to build web audio and video players. jPlayer abstracts the HTML5 and elements and provides a consistent API, with a Flash fallback (for older browsers) and skinnable UI via CSS.
