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Celluloid

Celluloid is a media player, available on Linux: playlists.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Celluloid is a media player, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: playlists.

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
  • “Celluloid is a simple media player that can play virtually all video and audio formats.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It supports playlists and MPRIS2 media player controls.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Celluloid is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Celluloid is a simple media player that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It supports playlists and MPRIS2 media player controls. The design of Celluloid follows the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines, but can also be adapted for other systems that don't use client-side decorations (CSD). It is based on the mpv library and GTK. Features: Drag and drop playlist Loading external mpv configuration files MPRIS2 D-Bus interface

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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