Alternatives to KMPlayer
A free Windows and macOS video player with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
KMPlayer
A free Windows and macOS video player with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as KMPlayer.
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 open source, plays an unusually wide range of codecs without packs, and adds Linux, Android and iOS builds with no advertising or tracking.
MPC-HC
A small, fast Windows video player with a classic interface and DirectShow filter support.
MPC-HC is a small open-source GPL-3.0 Windows player with a classic interface and DirectShow filter support, dropping macOS and relying on filters for exotic formats.
MPC-BE
A lightweight Windows media player descended from Media Player Classic, with its own independent development.
MPC-BE is an open-source Windows-only player descended from Media Player Classic that plays almost any format without codec packs and ships portable builds.
GOM Player
A Windows video player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and support for 360-degree video.
GOM Player offers built-in codecs, subtitle search and 360-degree video, but it is Windows only, freemium and heavily promotes paid upgrades.
5KPlayer
A free Windows and Mac media player with AirPlay and DLNA streaming and an online video downloader.
5KPlayer stays free and closed source on Windows and Mac, adding AirPlay and DLNA streaming and an online video downloader, while promoting 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 remembers playback position per file and downloads subtitles from OpenSubtitles.
mpv
A minimal, scriptable media player with high quality video output and no real interface to get in the way.
mpv is open source across Windows, macOS and Linux with high quality video output and scripting, but it has no real graphical interface and uses hand-edited config files.
DivX Software
Free video software to play, convert and cast DivX, AVI, MKV and HEVC files up to 4K.
DivX Software is free and closed source on Windows and macOS, playing DivX, AVI, MKV and HEVC up to 4K and adding a converter and casting.
Also worth comparing
These listings name KMPlayer as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Elmedia Player
A macOS video and audio player with native Apple Silicon support and AirPlay and Chromecast streaming.
KMPlayer is a free closed-source player for Windows and macOS with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D, but lists no streaming to TVs.
IINA
The mpv engine wrapped in a macOS app that actually looks and behaves like a macOS app.
KMPlayer is a free, closed-source player for macOS and Windows with built-in codecs and 4K and 3D playback, replacing IINA's mpv engine and open-source license.
Screenbox
A LibVLC-based video and audio player for Windows built on the Universal Windows Platform.
KMPlayer is a free but closed source player for Windows and macOS with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D video.
Zoom Player
A customizable Windows media player with a media library, streaming, skins and keyboard control.
KMPlayer is a free, closed source player for Windows and macOS with built-in codecs for 4K and 3D video, with little published detail on its features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Syncplay
Keep video playback synchronized across a group.
WebTorrent Desktop
A desktop torrent app that streams video and audio while the files are still downloading.
Video Speed Controller
A browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up, slow down and rewind HTML5 video.
mpv.net
A Windows media player built on mpv, adding a modern graphical interface and themes.
