sampotts/plyr
Deprecated in favour of Video.js 10; security updates only. Simple HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo player.
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 31 days ago, with 184 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a lightweight, accessible, and customizable media player for HTML5 video/audio, YouTube, and Vimeo content.
- Offers a unified, standardized API and consistent event handling across multiple media formats without relying on external frameworks.
- Use for embedding responsive, accessible video players with caption support in modern web applications.
- Use for integrating monetized video content with ad support from vi.ai or custom ad tags.
- Use for building custom-themed media players with CSS variables and Sass for tailored UI design and internationalization.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
Plyr is a simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player that supports modern browsers.
You can try Plyr in Codepen using our minimal templates: HTML5 video, HTML5 audio, YouTube, Vimeo. For Streaming we also have example integrations with: Dash.js, Hls.js and Shaka Player
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
3.1K-19
Open issues
1-935
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| ranxianglei/billion-context | 6.3K | +2.4K | 75 | 3 days ago |
| sampotts/plyr | 30.0K | — | 58 | 31 days ago |
| Category median | 22.8K | +4.8K | 75 | — |
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