smplayer-dev

smplayer-dev/smplayer

C++ GPL-2.0 Media

Free Media Player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS with YouTube support.

1k stars
117 forks
active
GitHub +4 / week

1k

Stars

117

Forks

82

Open issues

22

Contributors

v10422 08 Jul 2026
smplayer-dev BenjaminRi JanNowak94 hnsteyding AIRCAP

AI Analysis

SMPlayer is a free, open-source media player for Windows, Linux, and macOS that supports local media files and YouTube playback. It serves end users who need a lightweight, cross-platform alternative to mainstream players like VLC or Windows Media Player, with particular appeal to users seeking YouTube integration without additional tools.

Media Application Discovery value: 4/10
Documentation 4/10
Activity 8/10
Community 6/10
Code quality 5/10

Inferred from signals mentioned in the README (tests, CI, type safety) — not a review of the actual code.

Overall score 6/10

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media-player cross-platform youtube-support desktop-application c-plus-plus
Actively maintained Niche/specialized use case Beginner friendly Production ready

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Languages

C++
69.6%
C
15.7%
NSIS
12.2%
Batchfile
1.2%
QMake
0.7%
Makefile
0.3%
Shell
0.2%
Objective-C++
0.1%

Information

Language
C++
License
GPL-2.0
Last updated
19h ago
Created
65mo ago
Analyzed with
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

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Open issues

Windows embedded mpv mode hides mouse cursor despite --cursor-autohide=no

ennemkay 09 Jul 2026

Always-on-top window (SMPlayer) does not remain above XWayland borderless windowed or fullscreen applications (Steam/Proton games)

ninja-gaijin 04 Jul 2026

Change the default Interface GUI on install to something more Modern

ashalexemail 2 01 Jul 2026

Smplayer appimage bundle obsolete ffmpeg & mpv

versus666 07 Jun 2026

smplayer-25.6.0_p20250903-r1 crash with segfaullt when double-click in center of the main window to make it fullscreen

netfab 7 29 May 2026

Open pull requests

(Linux) Extend support for the XDG Base Directory

SgAkErRu 20 Dec 2024

patch for Qt6 build

Sportacandy 27 Jul 2025

Fix MPRIS2 metadata data types

pjw91 09 Dec 2025

Top contributors

smplayer-dev smplayer-dev BenjaminRi BenjaminRi JanNowak94 JanNowak94 hnsteyding hnsteyding AIRCAP AIRCAP

Recent releases

25.6.0.10422

2026-07-08

v10422

Version 25.6.0.10415

2026-05-20

v10415

Version 25.6.0.10412

2026-05-14

v10412

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