VideoLAN Client (VLC) VS streamlink

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

VideoLAN Client (VLC)

VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/ (by videolan)

streamlink

Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player (by streamlink)
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VideoLAN Client (VLC) streamlink
379 129
12,814 9,498
2.7% 1.7%
2.3 9.6
9 days ago 3 days ago
C Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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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.

streamlink

Posts with mentions or reviews of streamlink. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

What are some alternatives?

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

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

youtube-dl-gui - A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

iina - The modern video player for macOS.

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

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

celluloid - A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv

TwitchLeecher - Twitch Leecher - The Broadcast Downloader

mpd - Music Player Daemon

Emby - Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.

owncast - Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

HandBrake - HandBrake's main development repository