# Video.js

Video.js - open source HTML5 video player

Repository: https://github.com/videojs/video.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/videojs
Homepage: https://videojs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: video, player, hls, javascript, videojs, html, html5-video, html5-audio, html5, dash, video-player
Last push: 2026-08-03T10:03:33+00:00
Link (homepage): https://videojs.com
Link (site_page): https://videojs.org/docs

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5955, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": 30, "gap_med": 38.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 39867, forks 7477 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.033703+00:00)

## What it is
Video.js is an open-source web video player and framework supporting HTML5 video/audio plus streaming formats like HLS and DASH across desktop, mobile, and smart TV browsers. It offers a large plugin ecosystem, and v10 rebuilds it as React components and framework-free custom elements with accessible, customizable controls.

## Use cases
- play hls streams in the browser
- embed a customizable html5 video player on my site
- play dash adaptive streaming video
- add a youtube video player to my web app
- build an accessible video player with captions
- play audio files in the browser with a custom skin
- support live video playback on mobile web
- extend a video player with plugins

## When to choose
- you need a battle-tested, widely deployed web video player with broad browser/device support
- you need HLS/DASH streaming support out of the box
- you want a large plugin ecosystem and community
- you want React components or framework-free custom elements with accessible controls

## When to avoid
- you need server-side video transcoding or processing rather than playback
- you are building a native mobile or desktop app rather than a web player
- you need a minimal player and cannot afford any framework overhead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, video-processing, frontend-framework, plugin-system
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: html5-video, video-player, hls, dash, streaming, custom-elements, react-components, accessibility, video, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- videojs/video.js (main) score 92
- videojs/videojs-youtube (plugin) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.033703+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 2026-08-29T16:24:06.122806+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/videojs/video.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.033703+00:00, sha a85857191268)
  - homepage: https://videojs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.399024+00:00, sha 901d37d19e02)
  - site_page: https://videojs.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.402617+00:00, sha 836fe1540acf)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/videojs-youtube (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.404947+00:00, sha a18317aca3cf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.