CLUSTER AUDIO-DESKTOP-MEDIA · 28 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-06-24
Media players and library managers
This cluster consists of desktop and mobile media players and library managers that handle local and online video/audio, with features such as playlists, subtitles, metadata organization, and broad format support. Dated entries from before the index start are sparse from 2013 to 2019, pause between 2019 and 2023, then appear more steadily from 2024 through early 2026. AudioShift leads on traction with 2 stars, ahead of VTManager (1 star) and BatMediaPlayer (0 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 6 hobby · 1 indie · 10 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01kinotape1★12 days—hobbyDesktop media player that organizes local and network video files into shows and movies, tracks progress, and auto-plays the next episode.
- 02LibreVP0★10 days—Desktop video player that plays a wide range of video formats and codecs for local files.
- 03custom_media_player0★10 days—hobbyLocal media player that plays images, video, and audio as a playlist, remembers playback position, and supports keyboard controls and fullscreen.
- 04multi-window-media-sequencer0★5 dayslivehobbySynchronized media player that coordinates independent playlists across multiple windows with global playback controls and scheduled resets.
- 05movieplayer0★14 daysliveMedia player app that plays movie files and provides standard playback controls.
- 06vortex0★21 days—hobbyDesktop media library that catalogs local movies and series, launches them in external players, and resumes playback from the exact stopped position.
- 07Glide0★2 moliveopen sourceMedia player that plays movies and audio files from local or remote sources, with controls for subtitles, audio tracks, and fullscreen playback.
- 08Player Gear - Speed Changer0★2 moliveMedia player that changes playback speed and pitch for videos, music, and podcasts, with gesture controls and playlists.
- 09QMPlay20★2 moliveopen sourceA desktop media player that plays a wide range of video and audio formats, including Audio CDs, chiptunes, and YouTube videos.
- 10Daikhan0★2 moliveopen sourceDesktop media player that plays video and audio files with customizable keyboard shortcuts and session restore for individual users.
- 11Luma-Player-V20★1 mo—hobbyDesktop media player for Windows that organizes and plays a local video and audio library with native playback controls.
- 12MPC-QT0★3 moliveopen sourceOpen source media player with multiple playlists, seekbar video thumbnails, online video playback, and a web interface for remote control.
- 13shrike-radio0★4 moliveopen sourceMedia player that plays radio and local music and video, with a visualizer and keyboard controls.
- 14Haruna0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceOpen-source media player with customizable options that plays local and online videos and supports playlists.
- 15gopro-vr-player0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop media player that plays 360-degree videos and photos locally with professional playback controls.
- 16VCMusic0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop music player that plays audio and video, supports playlist creation, queue management, and configurable playback modes.
- 17Cinema0★8 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop video player for local video libraries with season playlists, subtitle support, and automatic cover art fetching.
- 18VivaPlayer™ Media Player0★unknownliveindieMedia player application for organizing and playing a personal video library with quick navigation and resume playback.
- 19MPV-Starter1★1 yrabandoned—ai-builthobbyWindows desktop launcher that starts a media player with configurable options and tracks playback history and bookmarks.
- 20Aurora Media Player0★6 moliveopen sourceDesktop media player that plays local and online audio and video with playlists, subtitle selection, and session restore.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.