Alternatives to GOM Player
A Windows video player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and support for 360-degree video. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
GOM Player
A Windows video player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and support for 360-degree video.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as GOM Player.
VLC media player
A free player that opens almost any video or audio file, disc or stream without installing a codec pack.
VLC media player is free and open source on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, plays a very wide codec list, and has no advertising or paid upgrades.
KMPlayer
A free Windows and macOS video player with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D.
KMPlayer is free for Windows and macOS with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D, but is also closed source.
MPC-HC
A small, fast Windows video player with a classic interface and DirectShow filter support.
MPC-HC is a free GPL-3.0 Windows player with a classic interface that opens instantly, and exotic formats may need third party DirectShow filters.
MPC-BE
A lightweight Windows media player descended from Media Player Classic, with its own independent development.
MPC-BE is a free open-source Windows player descended from Media Player Classic that plays almost any format without codec packs and offers installer and portable builds.
5KPlayer
A free Windows and Mac media player with AirPlay and DLNA streaming and an online video downloader.
5KPlayer is free on Windows and Mac, supports 360 degree video, adds AirPlay and DLNA streaming and an online downloader, and promotes the developer's paid products.
SMPlayer
A front end for mpv and MPlayer that remembers where you stopped in every file you have ever opened.
SMPlayer is an open-source mpv and MPlayer front end for Windows, macOS and Linux that downloads subtitles from OpenSubtitles and remembers playback position per file.
mpv
A minimal, scriptable media player with high quality video output and no real interface to get in the way.
mpv is free, open source and scriptable with high quality video output, but it has no real graphical interface and relies on hand-edited config files.
Zoom Player
A customizable Windows media player with a media library, streaming, skins and keyboard control.
Zoom Player is a paid closed-source Windows player with deep customization, a media library with metadata scraping and fullscreen living-room navigation.
Also worth comparing
These listings name GOM Player as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
DivX Software
Free video software to play, convert and cast DivX, AVI, MKV and HEVC files up to 4K.
GOM Player is a freemium Windows-only player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video support, and it heavily promotes paid upgrades.
mpv.net
A Windows media player built on mpv, adding a modern graphical interface and themes.
GOM Player is a closed-source freemium Windows player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video, heavily promoting paid upgrades.
Screenbox
A LibVLC-based video and audio player for Windows built on the Universal Windows Platform.
GOM Player is a freemium, closed source Windows player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video, and it heavily promotes paid upgrades.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Syncplay
Keep video playback synchronized across a group.
Video Speed Controller
A browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up, slow down and rewind HTML5 video.
