Files
Building the best file manager for Windows (by files-community)
VideoLAN Client (VLC)
VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/ (by videolan)
| Files | VideoLAN Client (VLC) | |
|---|---|---|
| 181 | 379 | |
| 32,008 | 13,048 | |
| 1.1% | 1.5% | |
| 9.8 | 0.0 | |
| 7 days ago | 12 days ago | |
| C# | C | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Files
Posts with mentions or reviews of Files.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.
- Files
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DATABASE FOR FILTERING LOCAL FILES
This explorer replacement has tagging https://files.community/
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I have the https://files.community/ app installed because I like the modern UI, but it's just too darn slow.
- Files: Open-source file manager for Windows
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Installation error
Dear u/Daddy_Spez So I was downloading from files.community and during the installation this error showed up ''App installation failed with error message: error 0x80070422: Opening the package from location Files.Package_2.5.11.0_x64_ARM64_Preview.msixbundle failed. (0x80070422)'' I tried enabling windows update service as told by youtube but that didnt work. Pls help
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Is windows 11 worth it?
This is everybody's regular scheduled reminder that files is just better than Explorer.
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Fluent File Explorer with address bar tabs
Is this a real app? If not, I recommend you to suggest these changes to https://files.community
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Why is File Explorer such a mess in Windows 11?
You'd probably like Files which more or less is explorer+
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Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – this is getting painful now
I use Files instead of Explorer because of crap like this.
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Should I downgrade to Windows 10?
You could try a third-party alternative (The one I use is Files)
VideoLAN Client (VLC)
Posts with mentions or reviews of VideoLAN Client (VLC).
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-22.
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Hz in Music and changing it
No. You can use a music player such as VLC Media Player to play music back tuned up or down slightly if you wish. But if people are affected by some frequencies and not others, that would be new.
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I Am SOLO | S1E01 - Ep. 1 | 2021-07-14
I watched S1E01 using the AI-generated subs and they were surprisingly good! You just need to download both the sub file (.srt) and the raw video (.mkv) and watch it using a video player like VLC (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/). Subs and raw files at the links below thanks to u/MNLYYZYEG
- For those who transcribe music by ear
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
VLC - Price: Free Free and open-source media player that plays most multimedia files and DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. (UX/UI feels outdated imo)
- unable to play youtube links
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Request: Shrek as Gaeilge
It might be the media player you use. I recommend using VLC media player.
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C++ is everywhere, but noone really talks about it. What are people's thoughts?
Seems to be C, not C++ to me. The C++ code is GUI wrappers to C++ GUI systems.
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Need help on how to repair this issue
Hi there! Try with VLC or mpv players, and see if they can play the corrupted video.
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MP4 File that was recorded back in 2020 turned into 0 Bytes
Try the repair option in VLC media player.
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Can't play Youtube videos, LUA stream error
You could try updating your LUA file with this: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Files and VideoLAN Client (VLC) you can also consider the following projects:
NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
mpv - 🎥 Command line video player
qttabbar - QTTabBar is a small tool that allows you to use tab multi label function in Windows Explorer. https://www.yuque.com/indiff/qttabbar
iina - The modern video player for macOS.
MicaForEveryone - Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.
Anime4K - A High-Quality Real Time Upscaler for Anime Video
PersistentWindows - fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update
Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
vscode-vibrancy - Enable Acrylic/Glass effect for your VS Code.
celluloid - A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv
winfetch - 🛠 A command-line system information utility written in PowerShell. Like Neofetch, but for Windows.
mpd - Music Player Daemon
Files vs NanaZip
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs mpv
Files vs qttabbar
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs iina
Files vs MicaForEveryone
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs Anime4K
Files vs PersistentWindows
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs Invidious
Files vs vscode-vibrancy
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs celluloid
Files vs winfetch
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs mpd