# plyr

> Simple HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo media player

Plyr is an accessible, customizable media player for HTML5 video and audio, YouTube, and Vimeo embeds. It provides a unified JavaScript API, responsive controls, WebVTT caption support, and flexible CSS custom properties. Developers integrate it into web applications via npm or CDN script tags.

- Source: https://github.com/sampotts/plyr
- Homepage: https://plyr.io
- Live demo: https://plyr.io/
- License: MIT
- Built with: JavaScript 76.5%, SCSS 15.6%, TypeScript 5.6%, CSS 1.2%, Other 1.1%
- Stars: 29991
- Forks: 3102
- Contributors: 190
- Last commit: 2026-10-21
- Latest release: v3.8.5 (2026-10-06)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Media & photos
- Type: Web, Library / SDK
- For: Personal, Enterprise

## Worth score: 84/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 22/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 12/15
- Readiness: 15/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [v3.8.5](https://github.com/sampotts/plyr/releases/tag/v3.8.5). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Other files:

- [plyr-3.8.5.zip](https://github.com/sampotts/plyr/releases/download/v3.8.5/plyr-3.8.5.zip) (745 KB, 182 downloads)

## Alternatives

- [Video.js](https://diggithub.com/videojs/video.js.md): Open-source HTML5 video player

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/sampotts/plyr
Updated: 2026-10-29