cookpete/react-player
A React component for playing a variety of URLs, including file paths, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, SoundCloud, Streamable, Vimeo, Wistia and DailyMotion observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 52
- Release rhythm 56
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5
- age_days: 4033
- days_rel: 293
- days_push: 293
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
10279 stars · 1201 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A React component that plays media from a variety of URL sources including YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, HLS, and DASH. It parses the URL, loads the appropriate player markup and external SDKs, and exposes props for controlling playback and reacting to events.
Use cases
- embed a youtube video in a react app
- play vimeo videos with a react component
- stream hls video in a web app
- unified react component for multiple video providers
- play audio from soundcloud in react
- lazy load video players to reduce bundle size
- control video playback and handle buffering events in react
When to choose
- you need one component that handles many video/audio providers
- you want to embed YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, or SoundCloud media in React
- you need HLS or DASH streaming playback in a React app
When to avoid
- you are not using React
- you need a fully self-hosted player with no external SDKs
- you need advanced custom player UI beyond what props expose
Facets
library · maturity active
ui-components video-processing audio-processing frontend web-development media browser react video-player youtube vimeo hls dash media-player typescript web-server nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cookpete/react-player · fetched 2026-08-28 · bdc5ebbb07dd
- homepage: https://cookpete.github.io/react-player · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7ca3907660d0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cookpete/react-player | main | 63 |
For agents
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