vendetta

introduction

vendetta is an ambitious media player with a familiar, modern interface powered by the libmpv and ui2 frameworks.

features

vendetta has most features found in traditional media players, while standing out

it values the out-of-the box experience:

wide codec support (without needing to install plugins)
queue/playlist management
playing online videos, including youtube (thanks to yt-dlp)
a simple, yet proper theme editor

it's actually cross-platform:

Windows, macOS, Linux
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD
Illumos
Android (coming soon)

it's fit for both casual and advanced users:

the interface is simple and understandable for a casual user...

with room left for customisation for the power users

it's modular and provides a V library that can be used to embed a media player into ui2 programs

state

currently in alpha, expect instabilities in some areas

if you want to support the project: consider using vendetta and reporting issues or contributing to its developement

installation

from a release:

NOTE: not setup for all target platforms yet

download the latest release here

extract the archive to the desired installation directory

from source code:

prerequisites

V, OpenGL, libmpv, git, X11 libs (only on *NIX)

# clone the repository
git clone https://git.vorelabs.dev/vorelabs/vendetta.git
cd vendetta

# windows
v src -d ui2_custom_rendering -o vendetta.exe

# macOS
v src -d ui2_custom_rendering -d darwin_sokol_glcore33 -o vendetta

# linux, BSDs, solaris
# (remove -d mpris to disable mpris support)
v src -d mpris -o vendetta

reasoning

the mpv ecosystem is pretty wide and lightweight but, unfortunately, there are no accessible cross-platform clients. this forces users into choosing between:

sticking with the inaccessible upstream mpv client
having to learn multiple interfaces for each platform
a media player that does not have this problem, but has other trade-offs, such as lacking some features or worse codec support

none of those are solutions nor good options, so vendetta aims to provide the same experience on many platforms, while staying user-friendly

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