# anilbeesetti/nextplayer

An Android native video player

Repository: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nextplayer
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: kotlin, exoplayer, jetpack-compose, kotlin-android, kotlin-coroutines, media3, room-database, android, player, video-player, ffmpeg, ffmpeg-android, jni-android
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:10:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 93
- inputs: {"age_days": 1302, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 24, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4318, forks 307 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:41.868064+00:00)

## What it is
Next Player is a native Android video player written in Kotlin using Jetpack Compose and Media3/ExoPlayer with optional FFmpeg support. It offers a simple interface for playing local videos on Android devices.

## Use cases
- play local videos on android
- open-source alternative to mx player
- video player with ffmpeg codec support
- play videos from folders on android
- ad-free android video player
- gesture-controlled video playback on android

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source Android video player without ads
- you need playback of many formats via FFmpeg
- you prefer F-Droid or Play Store distribution with verifiable releases

## When to avoid
- you need iOS or desktop playback
- you need streaming from network protocols beyond local files
- you need a fully stable, bug-free release as the project is still in development

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, android-tools, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: video-player, exoplayer, media3, jetpack-compose, ffmpeg, open-source, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- anilbeesetti/nextplayer (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.868064+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 2026-08-29T18:21:44.621239+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:41.868064+00:00, sha 39c7fb559d43)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.