Top 23 JavaScript video-player Projects

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1. video.js

   1 39 39,843 6.6 JavaScript

   Video.js - open source HTML5 video player

   

   Project mention: video.js VS video-to-live-photo - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/video.js | 2026-06-06

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3. Streama

   2 11 9,821 4.5 JavaScript

   Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/

   

4. xgplayer

   3 2 9,275 9.2 JavaScript

   A HTML5 video player with a parser that saves traffic

   

5. shaka-player

   4 9 8,192 9.8 JavaScript

   JavaScript player library / DASH & HLS client / MSE-EME player

   

   Project mention: Package one CMAF asset for Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay (no second encode) | dev.to | 2026-06-03

   Browser DRM runs through Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). Shaka Player (4.x) abstracts EME and picks the right DRM for the current browser. You give it license-server URLs per system; it negotiates the rest.

6. clappr

   5 6 7,489 9.7 JavaScript

   An extensible, plugin-oriented, HTML5-first media player for the web

   

7. h5player

   6 2 3,744 3.2 JavaScript

   This software supports all audio and video websites, such as TikTok, YouTube, Bilibili, TED, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Features include: variable playback speed, screen capture, video download, custom settings, and extensions, etc., providing you with a pleasant online audio and video playback experience.

   

8. video-react

   7 4 2,725 3.9 JavaScript

   A web video player built for the HTML5 world using React library.

   

   Project mention: How to Implement Frame.io style Comments in Your Video Player App📹 | dev.to | 2026-01-13

   Install the necessary dependencies, i.e, Velt for timestamped commenting and Video-React, a web video player for React applications. To do so, open the project in your code editor and run the following command:

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10. YouPHPTube

    8 5 2,096 9.6 JavaScript

    Create Your Own Broadcast Network With AVideo Platform Open-Source. OAVP OVP

    

11. alphabiz

    9 0 1,215 0.0 JavaScript

    Web3 YouTube Alternative - fully decentralized media platform and blockchain-based marketplace

    

12. Vynchronize

    10 1 1,162 2.2 JavaScript

    Watch videos with friends online with the new real time video synchronization platform

    

13. vue-plyr

    11 3 788 0.0 JavaScript

    A Vue component for the plyr (https://github.com/sampotts/plyr) video & audio player.

    

14. gander

    12 1 766 7.2 JavaScript

    Take a gander at any file. Offline, zero-permission Android viewer for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown and code.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions at all | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-30

15. hello-muiplayer

    13 1 559 3.7 JavaScript

    💡 An excellent HTML5 video player component

    

16. play-with-mpv

    14 14 372 0.0 JavaScript

    Chrome extension that allows you to play videos in webpages like youtube with MPV instead

    

17. gindex-v4

    15 1 253 0.0 JavaScript

    A Vue Js Based G Index with Improved Dark Mode, Search and Video Player

    

18. MP4Inspector

    16 2 77 1.3 JavaScript

    A Chrome extension to help you inspect Mp4 video content and find irregularities in video streams.

    

19. chrome-extension-aspectratio219

    17 2 37 0.0 JavaScript

    🖥️ Fit the screen properly in fullscreen mode on monitor ultrawide with 21:9 aspect ratio (Netflix, Youtube, PrimeVideo, Crunchyroll)

    

20. SAVY

    18 1 19 1.9 JavaScript

    SAVY Player provides service to watch local videos with in a synchronized way.

    

21. FlexPlyr

    19 2 14 3.3 JavaScript

    (package) A lightweight JavaScript library for embeddable HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo players with themeable panels and full lifecycle events

    

22. VXPlayer

    20 1 13 0.0 JavaScript

    A fully custom media player made with javascript and basic HTML, CSS

    

23. js-utils

    21 6 9 3.7 JavaScript

    JavaScript utilities used in uxtly.com

    

    Project mention: React vs. Backbone in 2025 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-22

    [2] https://github.com/ericfortis/mockaton/blob/main/src/Dashboa...

    ---

    > Is there a better model?

    IMO, React class components with something like Meteor’s ReactiveVar for state. Here’s an implementation for that standalone state:

    https://github.com/uxtely/js-utils/tree/main/reactive-state

24. responsive-youtube.js

    22 1 6 2.7 JavaScript

    Responsive youtube api embeded players

    

25. vam-seek-ai

    23 3 6 8.0 JavaScript

    Electron demo app showcasing VAM Seek library integration with folder tree view

    

    Project mention: vam-seek-electron-demo VS vam-seek-ai - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/vam-seek-electron-demo | 2026-01-27

    The name and URL have changed and still exist.

26. SaaSHub

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