Awesome Free Apps
Section: Video Players · Media player supporting almost all video formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
FreshScore 89
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VLC
Appears in 8 awesome lists
VLC is a free and open-source multimedia player that also offers video conversion tools. It supports a wide range of formats and provides basic video encoding functionalities, making it a versatile tool for both media playback and simple encoding tasks.
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Awesome KDE
Section: Multimedia · A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.
FreshScore 80
Best MacOS Apps (2026) — Fast, Lightweight, No Electron (2026)
Section: Video & Media · Cross-platform multimedia player. Free Open Source EU
FreshScore 85
Awesome Qt
Section: Software that Uses Qt · package: - One of the most flexible open source video players in existence.
ArchivedScore 50
Awesome Video
Section: Encoding & Codecs · VLC is a free and open-source multimedia player that also offers video conversion tools. It supports a wide range of formats and provides basic video encoding functionalities, making it a versatile tool for both media playback and simple encoding tasks.
ActiveScore 77
Awesome VLC
Section: General · is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
SlowScore 62
Awesome Windows
Section: Video Utilities · Plays damaged/incomplete media files and network streams.
FreshScore 85
Awesome Privacy
Section: Video Players · Free, cross-platform media player from the non-profit VideoLAN project. Plays almost any audio or video format locally, with no ads, trackers or telemetry. VLC has many powerful features and settings,…
FreshScore 91
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