Open Source Android Video Player Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Android Video Player is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Android Video Player and seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Android Video Player are Just (Video) Player, Nova Video Player, Pretty Good Music Player and Movie Monad.

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Android Video Player alternatives page was last updated Apr 13, 2025
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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

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    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.

    280 VLC Media Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • 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
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Optimal performance

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Video playback
    4.  Built-in Media converter
    5.  Support for subtitles
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Audio Recording
    8.  Cross-Platform
    9.  Internet Radio
    10.  Compatibility Layer
    11.  Media Streaming
    12.  Replay Gain

    VLC Media Player VS Android Video Player

     

    • Almost everyone thinks VLC Media Player is a great Android Video Player alternative.

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

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

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceAndroid Video Player is Free and Proprietary
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableAndroid Video Player is not according to our users
  2. Just (Video) Player icon

    Just (Video) Player

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    Android video player based on ExoPlayer library. It uses ExoPlayer's ffmpeg extension with all its audio formats enabled (it can handle even special formats like AC3, EAC3, DTS, DTS HD, TrueHD etc.).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Just (Video) Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for subtitles
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Lossless Audio
    6.  Support for 4K
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No registration required

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  4. Nova Video Player icon

    Nova Video Player

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    NOVA is an open source video player for Android. It consists in a fork of the original Archos Video Player Community Edition.

    28 Nova Video Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android TV
    Nova Video Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Video DB indexing

    Nova Video Player VS Android Video Player

     
  5. Pretty Good Music Player icon

    Pretty Good Music Player

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    Tired of music players that take forever to start up because they're loading ads or trying to download stuff? Of music players that ignore Bluetooth controls, or stop responding after a few minutes? I was too, so I wrote this app!

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    Not maintained since April 1st, 2017.

    Pretty Good Music Player Features

    1.  Music Looper
    2.  Music Library

    Pretty Good Music Player VS Android Video Player

     

  6. Movie Monad

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    A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Movie Monad screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Lastly committed on Dec 11, 2018

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  7. Rosa Media Player icon

    Rosa Media Player

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    Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

    • Possibility to get an audio track from video clip
    • Possibility to get a screencast
    • Possibility to trim video

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2014.

    Rosa Media Player Features

    1.  Video playback

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  9. Gnome media player icon

    Gnome media player

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    A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.1.3) was released on 2010-05-28.

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