Plyr Alternatives

Plyr is described as 'A simple, accessible and customizable HTML5 media player' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Plyr for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, jQuery, Wordpress and JavaScript apps. The best Plyr alternative is VideoJS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plyr are FV Player, Able Player, JW Player and Flowplayer.

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Plyr alternatives page was last updated Oct 17, 2023
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  1. VideoJS icon

    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
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Embeddable
    2.  Skinnable

    VideoJS VS Plyr

     

    • VideoJS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Plyr.

    • VideoJS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Plyr.

    • VideoJS is Free and Open SourcePlyr is also Free and Open Source
    • VideoJS is LightweightPlyr is not according to our users
  2. FV Player icon

    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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    FV Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Consistent UI
    2.  Support for subtitles
    3.  Sync with Amazon Drive
    4.  Playlists management
    5. Amazon Simple Storage Service icon  Support for Amazon S3
    6.  Transcript Search
    7.  Automatic Looping

    FV Player VS Plyr

     

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

    • FV Player is Freemium and ProprietaryPlyr is Free and Open Source
    • FV Player is LightweightPlyr is not according to our users
  4. Able Player icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    Able Player screenshot 1

    Able Player Features

    1.  Embeddable

    Able Player VS Plyr

     
  5. JW Player icon

    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.

    34 JW Player alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    On HTML5

    JW Player VS Plyr

     

    • JW Player is the most popular commercial alternative to Plyr.

    • JW Player is Paid and ProprietaryPlyr is Free and Open Source
  6. Flowplayer icon

    Flowplayer

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    Flowplayer is an online video platform for broadcasters, publishers, and media houses. It gives you top ranking ad fill rates and the best-of-breed live streaming.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    Flowplayer Features

    1.  Play web video
    2.  Embeddable

    Flowplayer VS Plyr

     
  7. MediaElement.js icon

    MediaElement.js

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems
    MediaElement.js screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Skinnable
    2.  Embeddable

    MediaElement.js VS Plyr

     

  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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    Html5media screenshot 1

    Html5media VS Plyr

     
  10. Accessible HTML5 Video Player icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    Accessible HTML5 Video Player screenshot 1

    Accessible HTML5 Video Player Features

    1.  Embeddable

    Accessible HTML5 Video Player VS Plyr

     
  11. afterglow icon

    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    Discontinued

    Webste doesn't exist anymore

    afterglow Features

    1.  Embeddable

    afterglow VS Plyr

     
  12. Kaltura Player icon

    Kaltura Player

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

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Kaltura Player screenshot 1

    Kaltura Player VS Plyr

     

  13. jQuery UI video widget

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    HTML5 Video player built with jQuery UI.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • jQuery UI
    • jQuery
    jQuery UI video widget screenshot 1

    jQuery UI video widget VS Plyr

     
  14. Moyea Web Player icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Moyea Web Player Media Interface

    Moyea Web Player VS Plyr

     
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