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 · 4 hand-coded · 4 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 2 indie · 5 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 8 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Celluloid0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop media player that plays a wide range of video and audio formats with playlist support and remote control integration.
- 22smplayer-qt4x0★6 mostaleliveopen sourcePlays video and audio files in a wide range of formats with built-in codecs.
- 23Clapper0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop media player for watching video files, offering a queue-based playlist and a clean, distraction-free viewing interface.
- 24Kaffeine0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMedia player that plays local video files and digital TV broadcasts with DVB support and DVD playback.
- 25Strimio0★unknownliveindieDesktop media player that lets users browse, organize, and play a large catalog of live audio and video streams, with casting to external devices.
- 26mpv-wayland0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop media player for Wayland systems that plays local audio and video files and includes a bundled tool for downloading online videos.
- 27Lumyn0★unknownlivehand-codedhobbyDesktop app that plays local video and audio, offering subtitle tools, playlists, bookmarks, and keyboard controls.
- 28foobar2000 (WINE)0★unknownlivehand-codedindieDesktop audio player that plays a wide range of formats with gapless playback, tagging, CD ripping, and format conversion.
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