Next Player
Next Player is a free, open-source video player for Android. A simple material you video player based on Media3. It has 4,484 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Video players
- Actively maintained
About Next Player
Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs Supported formats: * Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD * Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1 * Streaming: DASH, HLS, RTSP * Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT Key Features: * Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface * Completely free and open…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Next Player from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
Similar apps
More open-source video players
Kazumi
Predidit/Kazumi
An anime collection APP based on custom rules.
Video playersAndroidiOSKodi
xbmc/xbmc
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media.
Video playersAndroidiOS
PlainApp
plainhub/plain-app
Manage your phone on the web! Access files, contacts, videos, music & more.
Video playersAndroid
NOVA Video Player
nova-video-player/aos-AVP
Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support.
Video playersAndroid
Jellyfin for Android TV
jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv
Television client for Jellyfin, the free software media system.
OfficialVideo playersAndroidFinamp
finamp-app/finamp
Finamp is a music player for Jellyfin.
Video playersAndroidiOS
What is Next Player?
Next Player is a free, open-source video player for Android. A simple material you video player based on Media3. It has 4,484 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Next Player free and open source?
Yes. Next Player's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Next Player?
You can install Next Player from F-Droid (package dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v0.18.0).
Is Next Player still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Nov 28, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.