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Cinema

A video player for watching local video files.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • Old edition (2018)

Old edition: the latest known version (1.1.2) dates from 4 November 2018. It is no longer recommended as current software; the package date does not mean the software is still maintained.

Overview

Cinema is a media player, available on Linux.

Old edition: the latest known version (1.1.2) dates from 2018; it is no longer presented as current software.

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

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
  • “Open Source Video Player and Manager based on Gtk+ and Vala” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Smart and simple video viewing with thumbnail previews on the seekbar, playlists, subtitle support, cover download, and even the ability to resume what was last playing.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Smart and simple video viewing with thumbnail previews on the seekbar, playlists, subtitle support, cover download, and even the ability to resume what was last playing.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Cinema 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
  • Commercial use allowed

About

A very fast video player designed extra for large local libraries which also supports downloading of box covers Features: Season playlist Subtiles support 'TheMovieDB.org' integration for fetching covers

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 Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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