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HexPlayer

HexPlayer is a video platform client program, available on Windows and Linux: web interface, playlists and keyboard shortcuts.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

HexPlayer is a video platform client program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: web interface, playlists, keyboard shortcuts and equaliser.

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
  • “HexPlayer is a keyboard-first YouTube client for Windows and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “It is designed for blind and visually impaired Windows and Linux users who want a screen-reader friendly way to use YouTube without relying on the YouTube web interface.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Search videos, playlists, channels, and live content” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Use keyboard shortcuts for volume, seeking, speed, chapters, equalizer, quality, repeat, and auto-next.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Play audio-only or video with shortcuts for seeking, volume boost, playback speed, chapters, quality, equalizer, and output device selection.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of HexPlayer is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

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

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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