Best Video Player Software in 2026
Updated
42 video player software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
42ranked
1free plans on this page
4 Oct 2026last checked
Video Player Software, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 0 of the 17 on this page have a public API.
- 26 mpv.net API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 27 Next Player API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 28 Clapper API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 29 FFplay API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 30 Flowplayer API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 31 MediaElement.js API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 32 MPC-Qt API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 33 mpv-android API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 34 Plyr API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 35 Video Hub App API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 36 Video.js API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 37 Celluloid API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9
- 38 Dragon Player API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9Free
- 39 Lumen Player API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9
- 40 RealPlayer API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9
- 41 Totem API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9
- 42 Clappr API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.7
Compare all 17 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Supported platforms | Codec support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | mpv.net | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 27 | Next Player | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | Android, Android TV | Video: H.263, H.264 AVC, H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1; audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE, MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD |
| 28 | Clapper | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Linux, Windows | — |
| 29 | FFplay | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Windows, macOS, Linux | H.264/AVC, HEVC/H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, AAC, MP3, Opus, FLAC |
| 30 | Flowplayer | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | 99 one-time | — | — |
| 31 | MediaElement.js | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | iOS, Android | H.264, MP3, Opus, WebM, Ogg |
| 32 | MPC-Qt | 5.0 | No | — | — | — | Windows, Linux | — |
| 33 | mpv-android | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Android | H.264, HEVC, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 Video, VP8, VP9, AV1 |
| 34 | Plyr | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | iOS, iPadOS | — |
| 35 | Video Hub App | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | 10 one-time | Windows, macOS, Linux | — |
| 36 | Video.js | 5.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Web browsers (evergreen Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge) | — |
| 37 | Celluloid | 4.9 | No | — | Yes | — | macOS | — |
| 38 | Dragon Player | 4.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Linux | — |
| 39 | Lumen Player | 4.9 | No | — | No | 19 one-time | Windows, macOS, Linux | HEVC, AV1, VP9, ProRes, DNxHD, H.264, MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG, Opus, ALAC, M4A, WMA, AIFF, DSD |
| 40 | RealPlayer | 4.9 | No | — | Yes | 24.99 one-time | — | — |
| 41 | Totem | 4.9 | No | — | Yes | — | Linux | — |
| 42 | Clappr | 4.7 | No | — | — | — | Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, iPhone, iPad, Android | — |
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