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24 alternatives to Playback

Video player built using Electron and IO.js

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Playback launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
HTML5 Video Player in TypeScript▲151
Highly extensible, modern, JavaScript video player. Handles MPEG-Dash / HLS / MPEG-4 and is built on top of the HTML5 video element. - matvp91/indigo-player
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
OneLinePlayer▲190
The simple and beautiful embed video player for web
2019 · onelineplayer.com · its alternatives →
3
Winamp and other media players, rebuilt for the web with Web Components▲392
Hey all, creator of Video.js and co-founder of Mux & Zencoder here. My team and I built this. I hope you like the themes we’ve built so far, and maybe even get inspired to build your own. I know Web Components are in a bit of a drama cycle right now. I’m happy to see them get any attention really. I’ve been pretty bullish on them since ~2013 when I started working with them, at least in the context of a widget like a video player. I’ve even given many related talks on them like this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Mh84SRoDg). I would never push them for a large app or…
2024 · player.style · its alternatives →
4
Play Embedded Player▲169
A handy tool to narrate your Medium articles
2017 · its alternatives →
5
Musikcube▲107
A fully functional terminal-based music player
2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →
6
YouTube-DL GUI Powered by Electron▲142
A video and channel downloader that supports 110 websites, powered by Electron and youtube-dl - mayeaux/videodownloader
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
reEmbed▲196
Custom YouTube Video Player
2014 · reembed.com · its alternatives →
8
Sato Video Player▲144
Build custom video players to match your UI without coding
Nov 2025 · satoplayer.com · its alternatives →
9
Vimeo Player▲59
The (new) HTML5 player
2014 · vimeo.com · its alternatives →
10
Frame.io 2▲196
A radically reimagined way to collaborate on video
2017 · blog.frame.io · its alternatives →
11
Sublime Video Player▲83
Free Responsive HTML5 Video Player
2015 · sublimevideo.net · its alternatives →
12
Playola▲107
Clip a YouTube video into a GIF with sound
2015 · playola.co · its alternatives →
13
Quven▲62
The self-hosted media server that puts native playback first
23d ago · quven.tv · its alternatives →
14BA
Building a VLC-like Media Player in JS (Using Ffmpeg as WebAssembly)▲23
2020 · bestmediaplayer.org · its alternatives →
15
mps-youtube▲82
Terminal based YouTube player and downloader
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Pinto Web Player▲77
Play videos from any website directly in this desktop player
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Winamp▲48
media player
2014 · winamp.com · its alternatives →
18
A web video player for local files▲7
2021 · webvideoplayer.org · its alternatives →
19
Videoo▲69
World's first social video player
2015 · its alternatives →
20
Splay (beta)▲122
The only truly customizable video player for the web
2024 · skara.app · its alternatives →
21
RealPlayer Cloud▲61
All your videos in one safe place
2014 · real.com · its alternatives →
22
Player.html – the one file video library and player for any HTTP server▲20
One file drop-in media player web app for using video and audio files served using basic HTTP directory listing - pseudosavant/player.html
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
Wipster▲96
A workflow and collaboration tool for video creatives
2015 · wipster.io · its alternatives →
24AE
An experimental music player built with ReactJS+MobX+Premiere▲8
2017 · premiere-player.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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