The 9 best VLC Media Player alternatives

Below, we’ll look at the 9 best VLC Media Player alternatives.

To make it easier, we’ve grouped these alternatives into 5 categories with the most popular first:

Although there are some similarities in features between these, depending on your situation, you might find one is more suitable to your needs.


Open Source Software for Developers

1. WordPress.org

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Open Source Software for Students

2. Synfig Studio

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3. Pencil2D

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Other Media Player

4. Kodi

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Other Multimedia

5. SourceForge

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Other Open Source Software

6. GIMP

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program: The Free and Open Source Image Editor

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7. Audacity

Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.

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8. Ghost

The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform. Used by Apple, SkyNews, Buffer, OpenAI, and thousands more.

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9. Vim

Vim is a highly configurable text editor for efficiently creating and changing any kind of text. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X. Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better.

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