Open Source Video & Movies Apps

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  1. VLC Media Player icon
     7740 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    +4
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    170 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good237 reviews
  2. Stremio icon
     2686 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android TV
    Website
    Website
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    +8
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    100 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good322 reviews
  3. Kdenlive icon
     892 likes

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

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Logging
    Editing
    Audio
    +2
    Effects
    123 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good101 reviews
  4. Kodi icon
     1540 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
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    +5
    Kodi screenshot 3
    81 alternatives
    3.9
    Good37 reviews
  5. MPC-HC icon
     1316 likes

    Open-source media player offering video and audio format support, no ads, and community-driven development. Features include dark theme, codec support, and YouTube compatibility.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    +5
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    142 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good51 reviews
  6. MPV icon
     565 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
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    117 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good51 reviews
  7. Jellyfin icon
     347 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • Tizen OS
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
    • Cloudron
    • Kodi
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
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    +1
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    56 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent30 reviews
  8. PeerTube icon
     534 likes

    PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform developed as an alternative to other platforms that centralize our data and attention, such as YouTube, Dailymotion or Vimeo. But one organization hosting PeerTube alone may not have enough money to pay for bandwidth...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    New video UI
    PeerTube screenshot 1
    PeerTube screenshot 2
    +3
    PeerTube screenshot 3
    70 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good39 reviews
  9. FreeTube icon
     279 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Subscriptions showcase
    Video player
    Settings
    +4
    FreeTube screenshot 3
    82 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent42 reviews
  10. Shotcut icon
     478 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    Text filter settings
    Shotcut on Ubuntu
    Shotcut on Windows
    +1
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    136 alternatives
    3.9
    Good51 reviews
  11. Avidemux icon
     656 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    Avidemux screenshot 1
    Main window
    Bitrate/size calculator
    +4
    Video filter manager
    159 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good29 reviews
  12. SMPlayer icon
     462 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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    Playing video - Default Skin
    Main Window - Dark Skin
    Option - Tablet Mode
    +4
    SMPlayer on a GNU/Linux Machine
    128 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent18 reviews
  13. OpenScreen icon
     46 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    +1
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    71 alternatives
  14. MKVToolnix icon
     238 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Works with VxKex NEXT (https://alternativeto.net/software/vxkex-next/)
    MKVToolnix v89.0 in Dark Mode
    MKVToolnix v89.0 in Light Mode
    +5
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    33 alternatives
  15. LibreTube icon
     88 likes

    Ad-free open-source YouTube frontend for Android enabling video and audio downloads, account sync, SponsorBlock support, playlists, gestures, comments, and dark mode.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    +1
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    93 alternatives
  16. Natron icon
     216 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    19 alternatives
    3.8
    Good6 reviews