Mobile app · Media players & centers
BabakPlayer
Plays shared media parts back in order, as one continuous playlist.
- Completely free
- Android
- Open source
Overview
Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists, casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…) and offline use.
File formats mentioned: MP3, MP4, MKV and MOV.
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “Plays shared media parts back in order, as one continuous playlist” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
- “Cast music and video to Nest speakers, Nest Mini, Chromecast, and other Cast devices on your WiFi.” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Local-first privacy” — official website, 10 November 2026
At a glance
All of BabakPlayer is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.
Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.
Strengths
- Open source code
- No advertising
- Commercial use allowed
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