Open Source Sublight Alternatives for Mac

Sublight is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best open source Mac alternative is Caption. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sublight and five of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Sublight are gSubs, Qnapi, VLSub and submarine.

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  1. Caption icon
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    Caption takes the effort out of finding and setting up the right subtitles. A simple design, drag & drop search, and automatic downloading & renaming let you just start watching. Caption is multi-platform, open-source, and built entirely on web technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. gSubs icon
     1 like

    gSubs is a free and open-source desktop app that finds you the perfect subtitle match for your videos. Just drag and drop the video files that you want to search subtitle for and gSubs will do it's job.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Qnapi icon
     7 likes

    QNapi is designed to automatically download and match subtitles to a specific movie file. Unlike similar programs, QNapi queries several different subtitle databases to find the best subtitles for your movie.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Ubuntu
     
  4. VLSub icon
     22 likes

    VLSub is a simple extension for your VLC Media Player. It downloads subtitles from OpenSubtitles.org and play them as your open your movies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VLC media player
     
  5.  7 likes

    Submarine is a command-line program for searching and downloading the right subtitles for movies. Subtitles are searched based on movie file hashes and downloaded from online subtitle services. Downloaded subtitles are automatically renamed and saved next to corresponding files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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