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IINA

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IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar and Picture-in-Picture.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • International

Platforms

  • Mac
  • mpv
4.9 / 5 Avg rating (24)
124likes
21comments
0news articles

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Clean design

Features

  1.  Picture in Picture
  2.  Automatic subtitles download
  3.  Support for subtitles
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Support for 4K
  9.  Lossless Audio
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  Play web video
  12.  Built-in themes
  13.  Touchbar integration
  14.  Media Streaming
  15.  Automatic conversion to multiple formats

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    PinkPlastic added IINA as alternative to Look-See
    28 days ago
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    POX added IINA as alternative to DivX
    about 1 month ago
  • kotobato liked IINA
    about 2 months ago
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    unihq added IINA as alternative to Submarine Player
    3 months ago
  • shazmataz added No Tracking as a feature to IINA
    3 months ago
  • haloscythe liked IINA
    3 months ago
  • shazmataz reviewed IINA  
    3 months ago

    The UI is so minimalistic and has beautiful UI with a lot of hidden power, since being based on MPV.

    I also like the fact that there is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox to allow you to launch media into the app.

    IINA is an absolute wonder to use. My choice of media player over VLC.

  • shazmataz and offBrand liked IINA
    3 months ago
  • cloudinger rated IINA  
    5 months ago
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IINA information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.9 (24 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    37 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Video & MoviesAudio & Music

GitHub repository

  •  40,793 Stars
  •  2,637 Forks
  •  1795 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 19, 2025 
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Our users have written 21 comments and reviews about IINA, and it has gotten 124 likes

IINA was added to AlternativeTo by kevino11 on May 11, 2017 and this page was last updated Sep 30, 2022.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: IINA is highly praised as the best free media player for MacOS, often compared favorably against VLC and QuickTime. It is appreciated for its modern, lightweight design, integration with MacOS design aesthetics, and wide format support. Users highlight its functionality, ease of use, and advanced features like automatic subtitle downloads and buffer preloading. Many reviewers commend its ability to handle large files smoothly, making it a top choice over VLC for Mac users.
Top Positive Comment
Florian Wendelborn
Jul 16, 2021
3

IINA is like VLC’s feature set meets QuickTime’s simplicity and OS integration. It’s the best generic video player for macOS by a BIG margin.

Shaz Shah
Mar 26, 2025
0

The UI is so minimalistic and has beautiful UI with a lot of hidden power, since being based on MPV.

I also like the fact that there is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox to allow you to launch media into the app.

IINA is an absolute wonder to use. My choice of media player over VLC.

Ryver
Oct 23, 2024
0

Great features and just works.

Embellish8789
Sep 12, 2023
1

This is THE Mac media player.

lostinlodos
Jan 24, 2023
0

Everyone talks about the look. If you try it, you’ll talk about the ease of use.

I’ll focus on something else. The program is entirely modifiable! Hanging in skipping forests or back? Or bad internet? Gigantic file? Increase the buffer size. Don’t like the subtitles? Change them. Filters for black and white? Yep! Forced aspect ratio? Yep. Fine tune playback speed? Yep.

The one big thing this has, where VLC can fail, is pre buffering a file. That is, scanning the file and placing it in ram, rather than playing it from disk. This is extra useful for fixed files like WMV, Chunked files like transport streams Gigantic files like 8K video at 50mbps or higher.

If VLC has ever paused, frozen, or choked on a file, and you have MacOS: try this.

Gabriel
Aug 1, 2022
0

I like iina because it's based on MPV and doesn't need a lot of configuration to use

extrasmextra108
May 10, 2022
1

A modern take on the not so modern concept of a "media player"

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What is IINA?

IINA is born to be a modern macOS application, from its framework to user interface. It adopts the post-Yosemite design language and keeps up the pace of new technologies like Force Touch, Touch Bar and Picture-in-Picture.

Revolutionary user experience.

IINA simplified a lot of user interactions. In addition of traditional cascaded menus, it prefer using interactive UI components and gestures to give you intuitive, flexible and powerful control of the playback.

Powerful functionality.

Based on mpv, one of the most powerful media player projects ever, IINA supports almost all common media types (even GIF) and stably output high-quality video that optimized for retina screen. MPV's config file and script system are also integrated.

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