Top 11 JavaScript html5-video Projects

video.js

1 36 39,070 7.9 JavaScript

Video.js - open source HTML5 video player

Project mention: Videojs Theme Kit — Effortless Player Control Customization | dev.to | 2025-08-13

🔗 Demo: https://videojs-theme-kit-site.vercel.app/ 📂 GitHub: https://github.com/dds05/videojs-theme-kit 📦 NPM : https://www.npmjs.com/package/videojs-theme-kit ℹ️ About Video.js : https://videojs.com/
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Plyr

2 28 28,821 3.4 JavaScript

A simple HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo player
xgplayer

3 2 8,910 8.8 JavaScript

A HTML5 video player with a parser that saves traffic
mediaelement

4 1 8,272 6.1 JavaScript

HTML5 <audio> or <video> player with support for MP4, WebM, and MP3 as well as HLS, Dash, YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud and others with a common HTML5 MediaElement API, enabling a consistent UI in all browsers.
clappr

5 6 7,302 7.9 JavaScript

:clapper: An extensible media player for the web.
lightgallery.js

6 1 5,328 0.0 JavaScript

Full featured JavaScript image & video gallery. No dependencies
VideoContext

7 2 1,342 0.0 JavaScript

An experimental HTML5 & WebGL video composition and rendering API.
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hello-muiplayer

8 1 544 2.4 JavaScript

💡 An excellent HTML5 video player component
youtube-to-html5-loader

9 1 140 0.0 JavaScript

Load YouTube videos with the HTLML5 <video> element without needing iframes or the YouTube JS API.
SABRE.js

10 4 124 7.0 JavaScript

Substation Alpha suBtitles REnderer -- A Gpu Accelerated Javascript Advanced SubStation Alpha Subtitles Renderer.
FlexPlyr

11 2 15 7.7 JavaScript

FlexPlyr is a modular player that supports YouTube, Vimeo, as well as local video and audio files. It allows customization of control button types, arrangement, and optional panel styles.

Project mention: FlexPlyr: 模組化多風格播放器 | dev.to | 2024-12-21

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

JavaScript html5-video discussion

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2 projects | dev.to | 21 Jun 2024
Embed video player

1 project | /r/framer | 7 Dec 2023
Plyr: A simple HTML5 video player for modern browsers

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 May 2023
Best way to showcase videos without the site becoming slow?

2 projects | /r/webflow | 8 May 2023
Plyr – A Simple, Accessible and Customisable Media Player

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Apr 2023
Can This eventListener for Plyr Hotkeys Be Used With Media Extended?

1 project | /r/ObsidianMD | 7 Feb 2023
Replacing web media players with CSS/Userscript

1 project | /r/FirefoxCSS | 8 Jan 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source html5-video projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	video.js	39,070
2	Plyr	28,821
3	xgplayer	8,910
4	mediaelement	8,272
5	clappr	7,302
6	lightgallery.js	5,328
7	VideoContext	1,342
8	hello-muiplayer	544
9	youtube-to-html5-loader	140
10	SABRE.js	124
11	FlexPlyr	15