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MPV

mpv-player/mpv

An open-source alternative to Windows media player.

🎥 Command line media player (from the repository)

Stars
37,462
Licence
NOASSERTION
Last push
2026-10-18
Written in
C
Source on GitHub ↗Project website ↗

Is it alive?

Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 10 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Older
v0.41.0, 10 months ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
91% closed
1,015 open · 10,200 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+135 in 9 days
37,462 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.

What a business may do with it

Not identifiedNOASSERTION

GitHub could not match this licence to a standard one. It may be custom or source-available; read the repository’s LICENSE file before relying on it.

This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.

Run it yourself

MPV’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.

MPV’s own install instructions ↗

MPV against the other open-source options

Every project offered against Windows media player, most-starred first.
MPV compared with other open-source alternatives
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
MPV (this page)37,462ActiveNot identified○C
VLC20,130ActiveCopyleft○C
All open-source alternatives to Windows media player →

Where this page comes from

  • Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
  • The pairing with Windows media player and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
  • Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data