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VLC

VLC media player, the open-source multimedia player

by VideoLAN et al.

Music & AudioFree software· GPL-2.0-or-laterFeatured on the Snap StoreAll ages
Flathub (Flatpak): ★ 3.7 (1,388)6.1M installsUpdated 8 days agoActively maintained
Flatpak (recommended) Snap AppImage Arch Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE Alpine Linux Void Linux Solus Gentoo NixpkgsStandard: Stable Other builds: Luajit, Plugin-luajit, Nox, Plugin-lua
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About

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Additional information

Project

Developer
VideoLAN et al.
Publisher
VideoLAN
License
GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Latest release
October 10, 2026 (8 days ago)Actively maintained · 1 release in the last year
Languages
82 languages

Install

Size
50.2 MB
Installs
6,145,266 on Flathub25,445 in the last 7 days
Available via
Flatpak · Snap (4) · AppImage · Arch Linux (7) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 22 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), Snap Store (Beta build), Snap Store (Nightly build), AppImage, AUR (Git build), AUR (Git · Plugin-lua build), AUR (Luajit build), AUR (Plugin-luajit build), AUR (Nox build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Arch Linux (Plugin-lua build), Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo

Flatpak sandbox
Wide access

Runs in a sandbox, but a broad part of it is open — typical for tools that need to manage your files or system. It shows what the app is able to do, not what it does.

What it can access
  • Reads and changes all your files
  • Can access all devices, including cameras and USB
  • Can read passwords stored in your keyring
  • Uses the internet
  • Plays and records audio
  • Uses the older X11 display system, which doesn't isolate windows from each other

About this data

Sources
Sources disagree on the name: vlc / vlcpluginlua / vlcnoxSources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
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How each source lists it (24)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)VLC3.0.23—GPL-2.0+VLC media player, the open-source multimedia player
Snap StoreVLC3.0.24-rc1—GPL-2.0+The ultimate media player
Snap Store (Candidate build)VLC3.0.24-rc1—GPL-2.0+The ultimate media player
Snap Store (Beta build)VLC3.0.24-29-g2d6a6d613f—GPL-2.0+The ultimate media player
Snap Store (Nightly build)VLC4.0.0-dev-39354-g38022073f6—GPL-2.0+The ultimate media player
AppImageVLC3.0.11.1—GPL-2.0+<p>VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.</p>
AUR (Git build)vlc-git4.0.0.r37650.g7bd9665-1—GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterMulti-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player (monolithic)
AUR (Git · Plugin-lua build)vlc-plugin-lua-git4.0.0.r37650.g7bd9665-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterMulti-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player - Lua scripting plugins
AUR (Luajit build)vlc-luajit3.0.24-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterFree and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework built with luajit
AUR (Plugin-luajit build)vlc-plugin-luajit3.0.24-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterFree and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework built with luajit - LuaJIT scripting plugins
AUR (Nox build)vlc-nox3.0.21-4Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterMulti-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player (without GUI support)
Debianvlc3.0.23-0+deb13u1Distribution build—multimedia player and streamer
Ubuntuvlc3.0.23-1Distribution build—multimedia player and streamer
Fedoravlc3.0.24Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-ClauseThe cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
Fedoravlc-plugin-lua3.0.24Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-ClauseVLC media player lua scripting plugins
Arch Linuxvlc3.0.24-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterFree and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework
Arch Linux (Plugin-lua build)vlc-plugin-lua3.0.24-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterFree and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Lua scripting plugins
Nixpkgsvlc3.0.24Distribution buildLGPL-2.1-or-laterCross-platform media player and streaming server
openSUSEvlc3.0.24Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterGraphical media player
openSUSEvlc-noX3.0.24Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterVLC without X dependencies
Alpine Linuxvlc3.0.23-r4Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterMulti-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player
Void Linuxvlc3.0.24_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-onlyCross-platform multimedia player
Solusvlc3.0.21Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-laterOpen source multimedia player
Gentoovlc4.0.0_pre20260625Distribution buildLGPL-2.1-only AND GPL-2.0-onlyMedia player and framework with support for most multimedia files and streaming
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Add-ons

Plugins (104)

The 100 most widely packaged of 104.

  • Bluray Java menus (BDJ) plugin for VLC — Provides Bluray Java menus (BDJ) support in VLC. (Flathub (Flatpak))
  • FDK-AAC Encoding Plugin for VLC — Provides better AAC encoding and HE profiles support. (Flathub (Flatpak))
  • MakeMKV plugin for VLC — Provides MakeMKV features for direct Blu-ray playback in VLC. Please use MakeMKV app to set the license. (Flathub (Flatpak))
  • Pause Click plugin for VLC — VLC plugin that allows to pause/play a video by clicking on the video image (Flathub (Flatpak))
  • vlc-pause-click-plugin — Plugin for VLC that pauses/plays video on mouse click (AUR, Void Linux, Solus)
  • vlc-pause-click-plugin-32bit — Plugin for VLC that pauses/plays video on mouse click (32bit) (Void Linux)
  • vlc-pause-click-plugin-dbginfo — Debug symbols for vlc-pause-click-plugin (Solus)
  • vlc-plugin-a52dec — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ATSC A/52 (AC-3) plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-aalib — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ASCII art video output plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-access-extra — multimedia player and streamer (extra access plugins) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-alsa — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ALSA plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-aom — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - AOM AV1 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-archive — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - stream extractor plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-aribb24 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ARIB STD-B24 plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-aribb25 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ARIB STD-B25 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-ass — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SSA/ASS subtitle plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-avahi — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - mDNS/DNS-SD plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-base — multimedia player and streamer (base plugins) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-bittorrent — Bittorrent plugin for VLC (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-bluray — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Blu-ray plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-caca — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Color ASCII art video output plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-cddb — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - CDDB plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-chromecast — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Chromecast plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dav1d — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - dav1d AV1 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dbus — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Dbus plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dbus-screensaver — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - dbus screensaver plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dca — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - DTS Coherent Acoustics plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dvb — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - DVB plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-dvd — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - DVD plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-faad2 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - FAAD2 AAC plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-ffmpeg — VLC media player FFmpeg plugins (Fedora, Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-firewire — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - FireWire plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-flac — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - FLAC plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-fluidsynth — VLC media player MIDI playback plugin (Fedora, Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-freetype — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - subtitle and on screen display text rendering sup… (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-gme — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Game music emulation plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-gnome — VLC media player Gnome Keyring plugin (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-gnutls — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - GnuTLS plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-gstreamer — VLC media player GStreamer codec plugin (Fedora, Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-ieee1394 — VLC media player IEEE 1394 plugins (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-inflate — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - inflate plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-jack — JACK audio plugins for VLC (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-journal — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Systemd journal plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-jpeg — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - JPEG plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-kate — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - kate plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-kde — VLC media player KWallet plugin (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-libsecret — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - libsecret/gnome-keyring/kwallet plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-lirc — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Infrared remote control plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-live555 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - live555 RTP/RSTP client plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-mad — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MPEG Audio Decoder plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-matroska — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Matroska plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-mdns — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - mDNS plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-modplug — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MOD plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-mpeg2 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MPEG2 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-mpg123 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MPG1/2/3 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-mtp — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MTP plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-musepack — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - MusePack plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-nfs — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - NFS plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-notify — VLC media player notification plugin (Fedora, Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-ogg — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - OGG plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-opus — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Opus plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-pause-click — VLC plugin that pauses/plays video on mouse click (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-pipewire — PipeWire audio plugins for VLC (AUR, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-png — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - PNG plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-pulse — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - PulseAudio plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-pulseaudio — VLC media player PulseAudio plugins (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-qsv — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Intel QuickSync Video plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-qt — multimedia player and streamer (Qt plugin) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-rdp — VLC media player RDP plugin (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-samba — VLC media player SMB plugin (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-samplerate — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - samplerate plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-sdl — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SDL plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-sftp — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SFTP plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-shout — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - shoutcast plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-skins2 — multimedia player and streamer (Skins2 plugin) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-smb — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SMB plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-soxr — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SoX Resampler plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-speex — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Speex plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-srt — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - SRT subtitle file support (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-svg — VLC media player SVG plugins (Fedora, Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-tag — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - tag plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-theora — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Theora plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-twolame — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - TwoLAME plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-udev — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - udev plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-upnp — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - UPnP plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-video-output — multimedia player and streamer (video output plugins) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-video-splitter — multimedia player and streamer (video splitter plugins) (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • vlc-plugin-visualization — multimedia player and streamer (visualization plugins) (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-vnc — VLC media player VNC plugin (Fedora)
  • vlc-plugin-vorbis — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - Vorbis plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-vpx — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - VP8 and VP9 plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-x264 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - H264/AVC encoding (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-x265 — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - H265/HEVC encoding (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-xml — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - XML plugin (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugin-ytdl-git — VLC plugin for youtube-dl (AUR)
  • vlc-plugin-zvbi — Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - VBI plugins (Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugins-all — VLC media player - all plugins (Fedora, Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugins-base — VLC media player core (Fedora, Arch Linux)
  • vlc-plugins-desktop — Output plugins for VLC (openSUSE)
  • vlc-plugins-extra — VLC media player extra plugins (Fedora, Arch Linux)
Themes (1)
  • vlc-materia-skin-git — Materia Skin for VLC (AUR)
Language packs (1)
  • vlc-l10n — translations for VLC (Debian, Ubuntu)