Playnite VS VideoLAN Client (VLC)

Compare Playnite vs VideoLAN Client (VLC) and see what are their differences.

Playnite

Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games. (by JosefNemec)

VideoLAN Client (VLC)

VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/ (by videolan)
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Playnite VideoLAN Client (VLC)
680 379
8,232 12,995
- 2.8%
8.6 0.0
14 days ago 8 days ago
C# C
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Playnite

Posts with mentions or reviews of Playnite. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

VideoLAN Client (VLC)

Posts with mentions or reviews of VideoLAN Client (VLC). We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Playnite and VideoLAN Client (VLC) you can also consider the following projects:

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pegasus-frontend - A cross platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection.

Anime4K - A High-Quality Real Time Upscaler for Anime Video

HeroicGamesLauncher - A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC

celluloid - A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv

awesome-gog-galaxy - A list of GOG Galaxy 2.0 integrations and upcoming features

mpd - Music Player Daemon