VideoLAN

VideoLAN is a French non-profit, not a company — per its own site, it began as a student project at École Centrale Paris in 1996, went open source in 2001, and has been fully independent of the school since 2009. Current board president: Jean-Baptiste Kempf.

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VLC media player

Free

The free, open-source media player that plays almost anything — no codec packs, no ads, no tracking, maintained by the VideoLAN project since the 1990s.

Utilities Screen Open source Homebrew Verified August 27, 2026