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Alternatives to VLC media player

50 Photo & Video apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. J

    Jellyfin

    Launch

    Free, open source media server that lets you collect, manage, and stream your personal library to any device, with no fees, tracking, or vendor lock-in.

  2. I

    Immich

    Launch

    Back up, organize, search, and browse your personal photo and video library on your own server, with no third-party cloud access.

  3. Photopea

    Launch

    A free, full-featured image editor. Opens PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD, RAW, AI and more.

  4. remove.bg

    Launch

    Remove the background from any image in 5 seconds, automatically.

  5. F

    Flickr

    Launch

    American image and video hosting website

  6. I

    Instagram

    Launch

    Photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

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LosslessCut

Desktop app for lossless video and audio editing

Launch
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OBS

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

Launch
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O

OpenCut

Browser-based, open source video editor built for privacy

Launch
10
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Etherpad

Highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time

Launch
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Yt DLP

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

Launch
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MPV Config

High-quality configuration for mpv media player

Launch
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F

Frigate

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI

Launch
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Tox

Distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities

Launch
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E

Ente

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage

Launch
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Invidious

Open source front-end for YouTube

Launch
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PeerTube

Create your own video hosting platform with PeerTube

Launch
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P

Pixelfed

Decentralized social media

Launch
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S

Screenity

Privacy-friendly screen recorder & video editor

Launch
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S

Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source and simple cross-platform video editor

Launch
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IINA

The modern video player for macOS

Launch
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NewPipe

A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android

Launch
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PhotoPrism

Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow

Launch
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MeTube

Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support

Launch
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Manim

Animation engine for explanatory math videos

Launch
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SRS

A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC

Launch
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P

Photocraft

An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Launch
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D

Dailymotion

Video streaming site

Launch
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D

Docs

Transform document collaboration

Launch
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Fluxer

Free, open-source instant messaging and VoIP platform

Launch
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Kap

Capture, edit, and share your screen with ease

Launch
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kdenlive

Open source video editor. Free and easy to use for any purpose, forever

Launch
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K

Kodi

Plays videos, music, TV shows, photos, and games from a single interface

Launch
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Vevo

The World's Leading Music Video Network

Launch
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Y

YTCH

If Youtube had actual channels

Launch
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O

Owncast

Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server

Launch
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C

Compositor

Mac-native Photoshop alternative built around compositing

Launch
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C

CryptPad

Open-source collaboration suite offering encrypted document editing

Launch
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Lorem Picsum

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos

Launch
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Odysee

Explore a whole universe of videos on Odysee from regular people just like you!

Launch
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ray.so

Turn your code into beautiful images

Launch
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S

Spot The Drowning Child

Can you spot the drowning child in this crowded wave pool?

Launch
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Tube Archivist

Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection

Launch
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LibrePhotos

Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs

Launch
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P

PixelFed

Ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation

Launch
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ImageGlass

A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats

Launch
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Photoview

Simple and user-friendly photo gallery for personal servers

Launch
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S

SnapOtter

Suite of 200+ web tools for converting and editing images, videos

Launch
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Z

Zoneminder

Closed-circuit television

Launch
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PicGo

The Ultimate Image Uploader for Efficient Creators

Launch

About VLC media player

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VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player. It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion. It allows file synchronization with Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive, iTunes, direct downloads and through Wi-Fi sharing as well as streaming from SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS, UPnP/DLNA media servers and the web.

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Price
Free
Made by
VideoLAN
Category
Photo & Video
Website
videolan.org