# google/ExoPlayer

This project is deprecated and stale. The latest ExoPlayer code is available in https://github.com/androidx/media

Repository: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exoplayer
Homepage: https://developer.android.com/media/media3/exoplayer
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-12-23T16:39:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 58, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4464, "days_push": 253, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 21930, forks 6001 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:32.226458+00:00)

## What it is
ExoPlayer is an application-level media player library for Android supporting local and streamed audio/video playback with customizable renderers and buffering. This standalone repository is deprecated; development continues as part of AndroidX Media3.

## Use cases
- play video and audio files in an android app
- stream hls or dash video on android
- build a customizable media player for android
- migrate exoplayer to androidx media3
- add background audio playback to an android app

## When to choose
- you are starting a new Android media playback project - use AndroidX Media3 ExoPlayer instead
- you need an extensible alternative to Android's MediaPlayer API

## When to avoid
- you want active maintenance or new features from this repository - it is deprecated and frozen at 2.19.1
- you need bug fixes or support for newer Android versions - migrate to androidx/media
- you are not targeting Android

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, sdk
- domain: media, mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: media-playback, streaming, exoplayer, deprecated, androidx-media3, hls, dash, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- google/ExoPlayer (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.226458+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:57:45.147684+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.226458+00:00, sha fd25a4f08c20)
  - homepage: https://developer.android.com/media/media3/exoplayer (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.218274+00:00, sha e267f4d0f75b)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.238873+00:00, sha ebdb8e262578)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/codelabs/camerax-getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.240540+00:00, sha 5d665d295b88)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/google/play/installreferrer (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.233225+00:00, sha 0c36cc3c0414)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/versions/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.228522+00:00, sha 8396b9ab4b55)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.231043+00:00, sha 26b81706cc72)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/product-news (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.235176+00:00, sha fdad7419318d)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/community (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.237076+00:00, sha 3e0edecad2d7)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/media/audio-and-video (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:11.243379+00:00, sha 59ef3883c43c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.