# flowplayer/flowplayer

The HTML5 video player for the web

Repository: https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flowplayer
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-09-30T13:27:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5088, "days_push": 1798, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1915, forks 462 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:53.686098+00:00)

## What it is
Flowplayer 7 is an open-source HTML5 video player for the web, built as a jQuery-based JavaScript library with customizable CSS skins and a JavaScript API for playback control. The repository is archived and maintained only for historical purposes, with newer commercial offerings available from the vendor.

## Use cases
- embed a video player on a website
- play mp4 and webm videos in the browser
- customize video player skin and controls
- control video playback via a JavaScript API
- listen to video player events like load and pause

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight jQuery-based HTML5 player for a legacy project
- you want a simple drop-in video player with CSS theming
- you are studying or maintaining an older codebase that already uses Flowplayer 7

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and want actively maintained software
- you need modern features like DRM, adaptive streaming, or framework integrations
- you want a license other than GPLv3 with additional terms
- you need long-term support or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser
- tags: html5-video-player, jquery, archived, flash-fallback, gpl, web-server

## Member repositories
- flowplayer/flowplayer (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.686098+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 2026-08-30T03:10:23.721836+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:53.686098+00:00, sha eda9e4b82f9d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/flowplayer (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:53.742034+00:00, sha 19e4797851d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.