# vimeo/player.js

Interact with and control an embedded Vimeo Player.

Repository: https://github.com/vimeo/player.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/playerjs
Homepage: https://player.vimeo.com/api/demo
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vimeo-player, player, video, vimeo, vimeo-player-api, embedded-vimeo-player
Last push: 2026-06-10T04:54:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3825, "days_push": 84, "days_rel": 126, "gap_med": 28.5, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1486, forks 272 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.963401+00:00)

## What it is
The official Vimeo Player API JavaScript library for embedding and programmatically controlling Vimeo video players via iframes. It exposes methods, events, and getters/setters for playback, volume, cue points, text tracks, and more.

## Use cases
- control an embedded vimeo player from javascript
- embed a vimeo video by id or url with custom options
- listen for video play and pause events
- set volume or mute a vimeo embed programmatically
- add cue points to a vimeo video
- get video duration and current time from an embedded player

## When to choose
- you embed Vimeo videos and need programmatic playback control
- you want event-driven interaction with a Vimeo iframe player
- you need cue points, text tracks, or quality control on Vimeo embeds

## When to avoid
- you need to play self-hosted or non-Vimeo video files
- you need server-side video management rather than player control
- you want a full custom video player UI rather than the Vimeo embed

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, sdk, http-client
- domain: web-development, frontend, media, apis
- platform: browser
- tags: vimeo, video-player, embedded-video, player-api, postmessage, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- vimeo/player.js (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.963401+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 2026-08-30T04:33:53.469579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vimeo/player.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.963401+00:00, sha 05f6121218f7)
  - homepage: https://player.vimeo.com/api/demo (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:28.991797+00:00, sha 4b25a14d5e3b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.