Open Source QuickTime Player AlternativesTop Media Players and other similar apps like QuickTime Player

The best open source alternative to QuickTime Player is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to QuickTime Player and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to QuickTime Player are MPC-HC, MPV, SMPlayer and IINA.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7697 likes

    Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

    168 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
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    Comments about VLC Media Player as an Alternative to QuickTime Player
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    Free and open source software with fantastic video format support. I struggled with Apple's QuickTime Player not running mkv and webm videos and exporting videos by default as mov files which are incompatible in certain contexts.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    VLC Player plays anything. It is the go-to software for playing all types of media.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    No QuickTime in new Mac OS

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think VLC Media Player is a great QuickTime Player alternative.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to QuickTime Player.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to QuickTime Player.

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceQuickTime Player is Free and Proprietary
    • VLC Media Player is Customizable and Privacy focusedQuickTime Player is not according to our users
  2. MPC-HC icon

    MPC-HC

     1309 likes

    A lightweight open-source media player for Windows, giving support for all video/audio formats. It boasts no ads, dark themes, codec support, and seamless YouTube playback. Developed by longtime contributors, it's mature software with community improvements and crash fixes.

    141 MPC-HC alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. MPV icon

    MPV

     551 likes

    MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

    114 MPV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  5. SMPlayer icon

    SMPlayer

     457 likes

    SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

    131 SMPlayer alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    Playing video - Default Skin
     
  6. IINA icon

    IINA

     135 likes

    Modern macOS media player with retina-optimized video playback, supports numerous audio and video formats via mpv core, features an interactive UI, gesture and Touch Bar controls, Picture-in-Picture, and comprehensive customization through open source scripting and settings.

    46 IINA alternatives

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    • Mac
    • mpv
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    Comments about IINA as an Alternative to QuickTime Player
    someone last
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    Just like QuickTime, but better. It supports many more formats, has many more features, and is just more enjoyable to use. Works and feels a lot like QuickTime. Definitely better than VLC as a Mac alternative.

    Guest
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    Best open-source MacOS video player. Much better than QuickTime — supports more formats, has more features, yet it's still clean and easy to use with a MacOS feel to it (compared to VLC).

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks IINA is a great QuickTime Player alternative.

    • IINA is Free and Open SourceQuickTime Player is Free and Proprietary
    • IINA is Lightweight and Privacy focusedQuickTime Player is not according to our users
  7. MPC-BE icon

    MPC-BE

     182 likes

    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    120 MPC-BE alternatives

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    • Windows
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  9. Media Player Classic icon

    Media Player Classic

     761 likes

    Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support and built-in...

    133 Media Player Classic alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. LLPlayer icon

    LLPlayer

     21 likes

    A media player to enhance your language skills with dual and AI-generated subtitles powered by OpenAI Whisper. Real-time OCR, translation with Google/DeepL, and word lookup boost learning. Supports 134 languages, fully customizable shortcuts, and it's free & open-source.

    64 LLPlayer alternatives

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    • Windows
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  11. MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

     341 likes

    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    135 MPlayer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)
     
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    Haruna

     24 likes

    Open source video player leveraging Qt/QML and libmpv, featuring dual subtitle support, customizable shortcuts, auto chapter skipping by keyword, YouTube and online video playback, integrated playlist overlay, dynamic navigation, and KDE ecosystem compatibility.

    43 Haruna alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Celluloid

     45 likes

    Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv, allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities.

    61 Celluloid alternatives

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    • Linux
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  14. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     169 likes

    A extensible Music player with Podcast support, web radio, playlists and many more. As it is written in Python, writing new plug-ins is really easy.

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    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
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