Software · Video editing

MediathekView

MediathekView is a media player, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · macOS: Homebrew · Windows: Winget
Publisher: MediathekView developers
Latest version: 15.0.0 (9 October 2026)
Latest activity: 1 November 2026
Source code: github.com/mediathekview/MediathekView

At a glance

MediathekView 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

MediathekView searches the online media libraries of German public broadcasting stations (ARD, ZDF, Arte, 3Sat, SWR, BR, MDR, NDR, WDR, HR, RBB, ORF, SRF) and lists available shows and movies. It supports filtering this list for specific broadcasts, and allows viewing and downloading videos. It also enables subscriptions and automatically downloads new episodes. Viewing videos requires the "org.videolan.VLC" flatpak.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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