Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux

Clapper is described as 'Modern media player designed for simplicity and ease of use. Powered by GStreamer and built for the GNOME desktop environment using GTK4 toolkit, it has a clean and stylish interface that lets you focus on enjoying your favorite videos' and is a Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Clapper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Flathub apps. The best Clapper alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Clapper are MPC-HC, MPV, AIMP and PotPlayer.

Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:
Audience is a modern video player that brings the lessons learned from the web home to the desktop.

Clip is a convergent video player and collection manager utilizing MPV as the backend. By using MPV, you can also play remote videos by entering the URL besides local videos.


Kioo is designed and utilizes a number of open source projects which holds different open source licenses. Without them, the player could not exist.








Serene Video is a powerful, browser-based media player designed as a modern alternative to traditional desktop applications like VLC. It runs entirely on your local machine, ensuring your files and viewing habits remain completely private.



Serene Video is the most popular Web-based alternative to Clapper.




An Interactive video player for websites that allows content producers to monetize products/services and engage with viewers on a micro level.




Boss Video Player is the most popular SaaS alternative to Clapper.
Kylin Video utilizes MPV and MPlayer as background play engines (uses MPV by default). Its GUI front end is written by Qt5. Plus, it supports both x86 and ARM platform.


