VLC for Android

org.videolan.vlc
FreeEveryone

Key numbers

5M+Installs
4.0 / 2MRating
Feb 4, 2015Released
Oct 14, 2026Updated

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VLC for Android is the best open source video and music player, fast and easy!

VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.VLC for Android is a full audio pla…

Get this app from the API

curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" \
  "https://apiplay.net/api/v1/app?id=org.videolan.vlc"
import requests

r = requests.get('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/app', params={'id': 'org.videolan.vlc'},
                 headers={'X-API-Key': API_KEY}, timeout=30)
data = r.json()
const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/app?id=org.videolan.vlc', {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.API_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/app?id=org.videolan.vlc');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('API_KEY')]]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Fields in the API response

Package nameorg.videolan.vlc
DeveloperVideolabs
Developer websitevideolan.org
CategoryVideo Players & Editors
Installs (exact)516,439,107
Ratings2,009,651
Reviews25,764
PriceFree
In-app purchasesNo
AdsNo
Content ratingEveryone
Requires Android8.0
ReleasedFeb 4, 2015
Last updateOct 14, 2026
Record refreshedOct 27, 2026

Rating breakdown

51.3M
424K
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