# TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video

A <Video /> component for react-native

Repository: https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-video
Homepage: https://docs.thewidlarzgroup.com/react-native-video/
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-14T18:40:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4173, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 127, "gap_med": 19, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7712, forks 3025 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.546558+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native <Video /> component providing cross-platform video playback built on native players (ExoPlayer, AVPlayer, UWP, HTML5). It supports HLS/DASH streaming, DRM (Widevine/FairPlay), subtitles, offline playback, and Picture-in-Picture.

## Use cases
- play video in a react native app
- stream hls or dash video on ios and android
- add drm-protected video playback with widevine and fairplay
- show subtitles and switch audio tracks in a mobile app
- download videos for offline playback
- add picture-in-picture video to react native
- build a video feed with fast preloading

## When to choose
- you need a battle-tested video player component for React Native
- you need DRM, streaming formats, or offline playback across iOS and Android
- you want full control over tracks, buffering, and playback events
- you want to target the new React Native architecture (v7)

## When to avoid
- you need a stable release and cannot tolerate breaking changes (v7 is in active beta development)
- you need TV, visionOS, or web support that is still incomplete or TODO
- you are on React Native older than 0.75 (v7) or 0.68 (v6)
- you need a video player outside the React Native ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, ui-components, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development, media, cross-platform, frontend
- platform: windows, browser, cross-platform
- tags: react-native, video-player, drm, hls, dash, exoplayer, avplayer, offline-playback, subtitles, picture-in-picture, nitro-modules, expo, video, android, ios, mobile, javascript

## Member repositories
- TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.546558+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 2026-08-29T17:35:26.013220+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.546558+00:00, sha 6b89b03e2e28)
  - homepage: https://docs.thewidlarzgroup.com/react-native-video/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:28.124920+00:00, sha 316065d4affa)
  - site_page: https://docs.thewidlarzgroup.com/react-native-video/docs/v6/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:28.134477+00:00, sha 3a0802c70781)
  - site_page: https://docs.thewidlarzgroup.com/react-native-video/docs/v7/fundamentals/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:28.136552+00:00, sha 50293752c06c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.