Plyr
A simple, accessible and customisable HTML5 media player
Plyr launched on May 15, 2016 with 235 votes, #106 of 3,824 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
A simple, accessible and customisable media player for HTML5 Video and Audio, YouTube and Vimeo. Now with the following: 🌏 Multiple caption language support 💰 Monetization built-in with http://vi.ai 👌 Quality controls 🏎 Speed controls 📱 Playsinline support 📺 Airplay support 🎨 Fresher UI 🤓 Full rebuild in ES6
The folks behind Plyr, Vidstack and Media Chrome have joined forces on Video.js: one modern, accessible player with the best of all three. Plyr is being deprecated, so give Video.js a try.
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Plyr.io – A simple, accessible and customisable HTML5 media player2015 · plyr.io · ▲8A simple HTML5 media player with custom controls and WebVTT captions.

Vime – build and customize your own media player on the web (OSS)2020 · github.com · ▲8Customizable, extensible, accessible and framework agnostic media player. Modern alternative to Video.js and Plyr. Supports HTML5, HLS, Dash, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion... - vime-js/vime


Winamp and other media players, rebuilt for the web with Web Components2024 · player.style · ▲392Hey 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…
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