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MPC-QT

Media Player Classic reimplemented with Qt and libmpv.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

MPC-QT is a media player, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository 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
  • “Media Player Classic Qute Theater” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Multiple playlists” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Web interface” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) 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

Open source media player focusing on ease of use and effectiveness. Features: Multiple playlists Video preview on seekbar (thumbnail) Quick queueing like xmms/qmmp Play online videos (with youtube-dl) Configurable shortcuts and mouse buttons Multimedia keys support (Mpris) Web interface Thumbnails maker

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) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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