Free JW Player Alternatives

The best free alternative to JW Player is FastStream, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to JW Player and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to JW Player are VideoJS, FV Player, Able Player and Dailymotion Video Solution.

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The JW Player is an embeddable media player for web sites, supporting many commonly-used audio and video formats.

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  1. FastStream icon
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    FastStream

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    Stream videos without buffering in the browser. An extension that replaces bad video players on the internet with a better, accessible video player designed for your convenience.

    26 FastStream alternatives
    FastStream screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Picture in Picture
    7.  Support for 4K
    8.  Browser extension
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    FastStream VS JW Player

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    • FastStream is the most popular Web-based alternative to JW Player.

    • FastStream is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to JW Player.

    • FastStream is Free and Open SourceJW Player is Paid and Proprietary
    • FastStream is Privacy focusedJW Player is not according to our users
  2. VideoJS icon
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    VideoJS

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    VideoJS is an HTML5 Video Player, built with Javascript and CSS, with a fallback to a Flash video player for when the browser doesn't support HTML5 video.

    34 VideoJS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Embeddable
    2.  Skinnable
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    VideoJS VS JW Player

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    • Most users think VideoJS is a great JW Player alternative.

    • VideoJS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to JW Player.

    • VideoJS is Free and Open SourceJW Player is Paid and Proprietary
    • VideoJS is LightweightJW Player is not according to our users
  4. FV Player icon
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    FV Player

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    WordPress's most reliable, easy to use and feature-rich video player. Features responsive design, playlists, ads, stats, Vimeo, YouTube, S3, Cloudfront and CDN support. AB loop, speed controls.

    28 FV Player alternatives
    FV Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Consistent UI
    2.  Support for subtitles
    3.  Sync with Amazon Drive
    4.  Playlists management
    5.  Support for Amazon S3
    6.  Transcript Search
    7.  Automatic Looping
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    Comments about FV Player as an Alternative to JW Player
     
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    Much easier to use, the UX is much better, and you can add playlists from your WordPress dashboard instead of having to go to JW Player's dashboard.

    Positive comment •Sep 25, 2017
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    • Most users think FV Player is a great JW Player alternative.

    • FV Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to JW Player.

    • FV Player is Freemium and ProprietaryJW Player is Paid and Proprietary
    • FV Player is LightweightJW Player is not according to our users
  5. Able Player icon
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    Able Player

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    Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5 <audio> or <video> element for browsers that support them, and (optionally) the JW Player as a fallback for those that don’t.

    28 Able Player alternatives
    Able Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress

    Able Player Features

    1.  Embeddable
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  6. Dailymotion Video Solution icon
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    Dailymotion Video Solution

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    Online Video Platform - HTML5 Player & Monetization

    Scalable video and live streaming. Create and manage high quality VODs and livestreams thanks to a highly scalable and free video management solution.

    7 Dailymotion Video Solution alternatives
    Dailymotion Video Solution screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Dailymotion Video Solution Features

    1.  Mobile SDK integration
    2.  Playlists management
    3.  Skinnable
    4.  Embeddable
    Dailymotion Video Solution screenshot 1
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    Dailymotion Video Solution VS JW Player

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    • Dailymotion Video Solution is the most popular SaaS alternative to JW Player.

    • Dailymotion Video Solution is Free and ProprietaryJW Player is Paid and Proprietary
  7. MediaElement.js icon
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    MediaElement.js

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    HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.

    30 MediaElement.js alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Skinnable
    2.  Embeddable
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  9. Html5media

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    html5media is a JavaScript library that enables every browser to play the media defined inside the HTML5 media tags.

    28 Html5media alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Accessible HTML5 Video Player icon
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    Accessible HTML5 Video Player

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    A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.

    30 Accessible HTML5 Video Player alternatives
    Accessible HTML5 Video Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript

    Accessible HTML5 Video Player Features

    1.  Embeddable
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  11. afterglow icon
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    afterglow

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    A few years ago, there was a new video player around, called SublimeVideo. It was a breeze to integrate, reliable, free to use and worked out of the box. Sadly, times change. Out of the blue, SublimeVideo has been bought by Dailymotion, all services have been discontinued on...

    27 afterglow alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript

    afterglow Features

    1.  Embeddable
    Discontinued

    Webste doesn't exist anymore

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  12. Moyea Web Player icon
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    Moyea Web Player

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    Moyea Web Player is one of the best Flash video player creating programs that offers an easy solution to create and customize a perfect Web FLV Player for playback on various websites, blogs and forums.

    29 Moyea Web Player alternatives
    Moyea Web Player Media Interface

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Moyea Web Player Advertise Interface
    Moyea Web Player Template Interface
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    Moyea Web Player Publish Interface
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  13. jQuery UI video widget

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    HTML5 Video player built with jQuery UI.

    28 jQuery UI video widget alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • jQuery UI
    • jQuery
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  14. Kaltura Player icon
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    Kaltura Player

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    The Kaltura Player leads the industry in flexibility, ease of customization, plug-in offerings and loading speed.

    31 Kaltura Player alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Kaltura Player iconJW Player Icon

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