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24 alternatives to Shaka Player

JavaScript player library / DASH client

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

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21st.dev▲1,211
I originally built this app to organize and reuse interesting React + Tailwind components I came across on Twitter, inspired by the shadcn/ui approach. Later, a friend started contributing their own components, and it got me thinking—this could grow into something bigger, like an NPM for design engineers to share and use components. Would love to hear your thoughts!
2025 · 21st.dev · its alternatives →
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Mux Player▲129
Your player, built with Mux
2022 · mux.com · its alternatives →
3
Play Embedded Player▲169
A handy tool to narrate your Medium articles
2017 · its alternatives →
4
ShairLook▲56
Multiplayer YouTube video quiz
2016 · airconsole.com · its alternatives →
5
Simple access to your music from the web▲217
bespoke music player for web. Contribute to DusteDdk/dstream development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dashbook▲99
Your personalized view of the internet.
2014 · dashbookapp.com · its alternatives →
7
Bitmovin Adaptive Streaming Player▲94
Play HLS or MPEG-DASH with no buffering and w/o plugins
2016 · bitmovin.com · its alternatives →
8
BuildKitty Play▲22
Online React Tailwind Playground
2025 · its alternatives →
9
JQPlay▲71
Stream editor for JSON live in the browser
2015 · play.jqlang.org · its alternatives →
10
Dashku - a real-time dashboard app, built with SocketStream▲109
2012 · dashku.com · its alternatives →
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Dash Chassis API▲103
API for the internet of cars
2014 · its alternatives →
12
Sndtst▲124
8-bit video game music
2014 · sndtst.com · its alternatives →
13
Kinase▲159
A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome
2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →
14
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 →
15
Timber▲118
Open source material design music player
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
JW Player 2.0▲109
The most powerful and flexible video platform.
2018 · jwx.com · its alternatives →
17
Music Player for Reddit▲95
Play music from subreddits
2015 · musicplayer.io · its alternatives →
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Buka, a nice work in progress radio player▲6
Buka is a simple web to play some random radio player, maybe you like it :)
2023 · buka.sh · its alternatives →
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Vimeo Player▲59
The (new) HTML5 player
2014 · vimeo.com · its alternatives →
20
/Favorites▲93
Slick player for Soundcloud favorites
2014 · its alternatives →
21
SoundRad▲73
A radically simpler & faster SoundCloud player
2014 · its alternatives →
22
BrowerQuest▲65
A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment
2015 · its alternatives →
23
Audentifi▲68
Shazam for Youtube
2014 · audentifi.com · its alternatives →
24DF
Dashwave – Fast Android cloud build tool with collaborative emulators▲41
Introducing Dashwave Public Beta! Hello, I am Supratik Das, Co-founder, and CTO at Dashwave. I am thrilled to announce the launch of Dashwave, a powerful cloud build and emulation tool for fast and collaborative Android development. It supports all major Android languages/frameworks: Java, Kotlin, React Native and Flutter. Why Dashwave? - The Problem Android developers often struggle with insanely long build times and resource-intensive emulation sessions. They work in close collaboration with product stakeholders and rely on WIP feedback. Since builds, and feedback are slow, this leads…
2024 · dashwave.io · its alternatives →

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