Free JW Player Alternatives

The best free alternative to JW Player is VideoJS, 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 Able Player, FV Player, MediaElement.js and Html5media.

JW Player alternatives are mainly CDNs but may also be Video Streaming Apps or Video Sharing Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of JW Player.

JW Player

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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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VideoJS
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Free • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
33 VideoJS alternatives
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.
- - VideoJS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to JW Player.
- - VideoJS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to JW Player.
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VideoJS Features
1. LightweightVideoJS consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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Most users think VideoJS is a great JW Player alternative.
Able Player
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
Wordpress
27 Able Player alternatives
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.
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FV Player
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
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Self-Hosted
Wordpress
27 FV Player alternatives
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.
- - FV Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to JW Player.
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FV Player Features
1. LightweightFV Player consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Consistent UI
Customizable
Support for subtitles
Sync with Amazon Drive
Playlists management
Support for Amazon S3
Transcript Search
Automatic Looping
Comments about FV Player as a Alternative to JW Player
Most users think FV Player is a great JW Player alternative.
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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.
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MediaElement.js
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Free • Open Source
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TYPO3
Drupal
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BlogEngine.NET
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Wordpress
jQuery
RubyGems
29 MediaElement.js alternatives
HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.
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MediaElement.js Features
1. LightweightMediaElement.js consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Skinnable
Embeddable
Opinions about MediaElement.js as a Alternative to JW Player
Most users think MediaElement.js is a great JW Player alternative.
Html5media
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Free • Open Source
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27 Html5media alternatives
html5media is a JavaScript library that enables every browser to play the media defined inside the HTML5 media tags.
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Accessible HTML5 Video Player
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Free • Open Source
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JavaScript
29 Accessible HTML5 Video Player alternatives
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.
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Accessible HTML5 Video Player Features
Embeddable
afterglow
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Free • Open Source
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Self-Hosted
JavaScript
27 afterglow alternatives
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...
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SublimeVideo
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
28 SublimeVideo alternatives
The HTML5 Video Player Everyone Deserves.
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SublimeVideo Features
Embeddable
Discontinued
SublimeVideo was bought by Dailymotion and integrated into Dailymotion's services: https://web.archive.org/web/20150510013917/http://docs.sublimevideo.net/dailymotion-acquisition-faq | afterglow is inspired by SublimeVideo.
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HVideo
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
jQuery
27 HVideo alternatives
HVideo is a jQuery-based, HTML5 video player.
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jQuery UI video widget
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
jQuery UI
jQuery
27 jQuery UI video widget alternatives
HTML5 Video player built with jQuery UI.
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Kaltura Player
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Freemium • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
30 Kaltura Player alternatives
The Kaltura Player leads the industry in flexibility, ease of customization, plug-in offerings and loading speed.
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Empora
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Freemium • Proprietary
Software as a Service (SaaS)
9 Empora alternatives
Allows you to customize and rebrand your YouTube videos on your site. Unlimited skinning options and colors through our config tool. Use Empora to brand your embedded YouTube videos and make it look amazing. No ads before, after or on your videos.
- - Empora is the most popular SaaS alternative to JW Player.
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Empora Features
Embeddable
Customizable