Media players
Desktop players that open almost any video or audio file without hunting for codecs.
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GOM Player
A Windows video player with built-in codecs, subtitle search and support for 360-degree video.
IINA
The mpv engine wrapped in a macOS app that actually looks and behaves like a macOS app.
Infuse
Apple-platform video player that connects to Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and network shares.
KMPlayer
A free Windows and macOS video player with built-in codecs for most formats, including 4K and 3D.
MPC-HC
A small, fast Windows video player with a classic interface and DirectShow filter support.
mpv
A minimal, scriptable media player with high quality video output and no real interface to get in the way.
Pocket Casts
Cross-platform podcast player with cloud sync and trim silence.
SMPlayer
A front end for mpv and MPlayer that remembers where you stopped in every file you have ever opened.
VLC media player
A free player that opens almost any video or audio file, disc or stream without installing a codec pack.
Winamp
The long-running Windows music player, still available to download from its developer.
WACUP
A classic-style media player that extends the Winamp 5 player and stays compatible with its plug-ins.
5KPlayer
A free Windows and Mac media player with AirPlay and DLNA streaming and an online video downloader.
Amarok
A KDE music player and collection manager for organising and playing a local music library.
Amberol
A simple GNOME music player for local files that plays music and nothing else.
Audacious
A lightweight open-source audio player descended from XMMS, with optional Winamp Classic skins.
Audirvāna
Play a local music library and supported streaming services from a desktop application.
Castamatic
Customisable iOS podcast player with on-device transcripts.
Castbox
Cross-platform podcast app with in-audio search.
Castro
iOS podcast app built around triaging an inbox of episodes.
Celluloid
A simple GTK front end for the mpv video player on Linux.
Cider
A community-run desktop client for Apple Music on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Clapper
A GNOME media player built on GStreamer and GTK4, designed for simplicity and ease of use.
Clementine
Cross-platform music player forked from Amarok with cloud and streaming support.
cmus
A small, fast console music player for Linux, macOS and other Unix-like systems.
Cog
A free and open source audio player for macOS that plays a very wide range of formats.
CoreELEC
A minimal Linux operating system that turns Amlogic TV boxes into Kodi media centers.
Decibels
A minimal GNOME audio player that opens and plays individual audio files without a music library.
DivX Software
Free video software to play, convert and cast DivX, AVI, MKV and HEVC files up to 4K.
Dopamine
A simple desktop audio player for playing and browsing a local music collection.
Downcast
Apple-platform podcast player with fine-grained per-podcast rules.
