Video & Movies Apps for Linux

Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more.

Media center supporting movies, series, YouTube, and smartTV casting via DLNA/Chromecast. Offers HD, subtitles, add-ons, with no registration needed. Notice of new episodes.

Comprehensive software providing screen recording and live streaming on Mac, Windows, and Linux with powerful encoding support and unlimited scenes.

Intuitive multi-track video editor with robust hardware-accelerated support; offers chroma key, color grading, and extensive audio/video format compatibility.

Open-source media player supporting Linux to iOS, highly customizable with plug-ins, supports 4K and diverse formats, privacy-centric and ad-free.

Versatile media player supporting multiple video formats, wide codec range, subtitles, hardware acceleration, OpenGL output, and intuitive CLI controls.

Free open-source media system alternative to proprietary options, supports Chromecast, 4K streaming, plugin extensions, with privacy focus.

Experience YouTube ad-free on desktop with enhanced privacy. FreeTube prevents Google tracking and works seamlessly across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Free, open-source video editing with multi-format timelines, frame accurate seeking, and robust capture support up to 4k for diverse projects.

Advanced video editing and color correction with integrated visual effects, motion graphics, and audio post-production tools, used by professionals.

Linear video editor for basic cutting, filtering, encoding, scripting, and batch processing; supports many formats but not for non-linear or montage editing.

Need something to watch? We’re on it. Plex combines free movies & TV with the best free streaming services, so there’s always more to discover.

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.

Free, open-source screen recording with manual zoom, motion blur, cropping, custom backgrounds, no watermarks, no subscriptions, and commercial use allowed.

Multi-streaming client for desktop and mobile supporting YouTube, Twitch, other services, universal feed, live chat, playlist import, and offline playback.

MKVToolnix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, other Unices and Windows. They do for Matroska what the OGMtools do for the OGM format and then some. The latest builds now have the ability to create WebM compliant Files.

Natron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...

Creating and editing subtitles.

Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software.

Shutter Encoder is a free professional encoding and conversion software for everyone, developed with video editors.

LBRY is the first digital marketplace to be controlled by the market's participants rather than a corporation or other 3rd-party.

Cross-platform tool for screen recording and editing with automated cinematic zooms, intelligent mouse tracking, webcam overlay, and multi-aspect output.

SimpleScreenRecorder is a Linux screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. It is easy to use, feature-rich, and has a Qt-based graphical user interface. It can record the entire screen or part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly.

Extension for Chrome and Firefox downloading both audio and video from many websites. Detects downloadable content and offers a user-friendly menu.

Free, open-source tool for organizing games, movies, TV, and anime in mixed collections with visual boards, offline caching, sharing, and no ads or tracking.