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Open-source alternatives to Windows media player

2 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Windows media player. MPV is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

2 / 2
Pushed in the last 90 days
0 / 2
With a container command
0 / 2
Permissive licence
Windows media player’s own site ↗

Side by side

Open-source alternatives to Windows media player
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
MPV37,462ActiveNot identified○C
VLC20,130ActiveCopyleft○C

Each one, briefly

  • MPV37,462 stars · not identified · active

    🎥 Command line media player

  • VLC20,130 stars · copyleft · active

    VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

Where this comes from

Which projects are offered against Windows media player comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Windows media player. Browse every open-source alternative.