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13 media and podcast players whose code is public under an OSI-approved license, rated for privacy with evidence. Picks first, then by score.

  1. AntennaPod Grade B

    Open source podcast manager and player for Android, with subscriptions by RSS feed and optional sync through gpodder.net or Nextcloud. No iOS or desktop app.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  2. Audacious Grade B

    Open source audio player for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows with Qt and GTK interfaces, Winamp Classic skin support and plugins for effects, lyrics and visualizations.

    BSD-2-Clause. Source code

  3. Auxio Grade B

    Open source local music player for Android with a Material Design interface, built on ExoPlayer, with gapless playback, ReplayGain and advanced tag support.

    GPL-3.0-or-later. Source code

  4. Celluloid Grade B

    Open source GTK front end for the mpv video player on Linux, with a GNOME-style interface, playlists and mpv configuration and script support.

    GPL-3.0-or-later. Source code

  5. IINA Grade B

    Open source video player for macOS built on mpv, with a native interface, picture-in-picture, online subtitle search and plugin support.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  6. Kasts Grade B

    Open source podcast app from KDE for Linux, Windows and Android, built with Kirigami for desktop and mobile, with episode downloads, streaming and optional sync through gpodder.net or Nextcloud.

    GPL-2.0-or-later and GPL-3.0-or-later, with some files under other OSI-approved licenses. Source code

  7. Kodi Grade B

    Open source media center for playing and organizing local and network video, music and photos, with a TV-friendly interface and add-ons. Developed by the non-profit Kodi Foundation.

    GPL-2.0-or-later. Source code

  8. MPC-HC Grade B

    Lightweight open source media player for Windows, a community-maintained continuation of Media Player Classic Home Cinema with built-in LAV Filters codecs.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  9. mpv Grade B

    Free, open source command-line media player for Windows, macOS and Linux based on FFmpeg, with a minimal on-screen controller, scripting in Lua and JavaScript, and libmpv for embedding in other apps.

    GPL-2.0-or-later, or LGPL-2.1-or-later when built without GPL-only files. Source code

  10. Rhythmbox Grade B

    Open source music player and library manager for the GNOME desktop on Linux, with internet radio, podcasts, audio CD playback and plugins such as Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobbling.

    GPL-2.0-or-later with an exception for GStreamer plugins. Source code

  11. Strawberry Grade B

    Open source music player and collection organizer for audiophiles, forked from Clementine, with tag editing, lyrics, scrobbling and streaming from Subsonic, Tidal and Qobuz. Windows and macOS builds are for sponsors.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  12. gPodder Grade D

    Open source desktop podcast client for Linux, Windows and macOS that downloads and manages episodes from RSS feeds and YouTube channels, with optional sync through gpodder.net.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  13. VLC Media Player Grade D

    Cross-platform media player from the non-profit VideoLAN project that plays most audio and video formats, discs and network streams without extra codecs.

    GPL-2.0 and LGPL-2.1. Source code

Compare all 15 media and podcast players, open source or not.