# jwplayer/jwplayer

No Longer Maintained

Repository: https://github.com/jwplayer/jwplayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jwplayer
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-11-11T13:50:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4538, "days_push": 660, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: 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 2568, forks 980 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:01.244121+00:00)

## What it is
JW Player is a JavaScript-based HTML5 video player library for embedding and programmatically controlling video playback on websites. This repository hosts the non-commercial version and is explicitly no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- embed a video player on a website
- control video playback programmatically via JavaScript API
- play video across browsers and media types
- listen to video player events like pause
- customize video player configuration

## When to choose
- you need a battle-tested video player for a legacy project already using JW Player
- you want a non-commercial HTML5 player with a rich JavaScript API

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the repo is no longer maintained
- you need commercial features or a licensed player
- you want an actively maintained open-source alternative like Video.js or Plyr

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser
- tags: video-player, html5-video, javascript-player, non-commercial-license, javascript, nodejs

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.244121+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 2026-08-30T02:23:22.087243+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jwplayer/jwplayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.244121+00:00, sha 12c1d1b08ad4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.