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I’m sharing OpenTV Player, an open-source IPTV player focused on simplicity, performance, and privacy. The goal is to provide a lightweight desktop alternative
by jaccon 9mo ago
I’m sharing OpenTV Player, an open-source IPTV player focused on simplicity, performance, and privacy.
The goal is to provide a lightweight desktop alternative for macOS and Windows without ads, tracking, or unnecessary features.
Key features:
Runs on macOS and Windows
Supports M3U / M3U8 playlists
Clean and minimal UI
Fast channel switching
No account, no ads, no telemetry
Fully open source
Project page (demo & download):
https://jaccon.github.io/opentv-player/ https://jaccon.github.io/opentv-player/
Source code:
https://github.com/jaccon/opentv-player https://github.com/jaccon/opentv-player
This is an early but functional release. Feedback, issues, and contributions are very welcome — especially around performance, UX, and playlist handling.
- andsoitis 9mo agoeverything is in Portuguese (the GitHub, the website, the screenshots). Is it also localized to other languages? English is probably a good start, if you haven't done that.
- dtagames 9mo agoAgreed. Worldwide, few people speak Portuguese. This would have better uptake if you have Cursor (or your favorite AI tool) translate the UI and doc. Lua, famously developed by Portuguese-speaking folks (in Brazil) is entirely in English.
- andsoitis 9mo ago> Worldwide, few people speak Portuguese. Just to be clear: Portuguese is the 8th most widely spoken language in the world, with ~267 million people speaking it. https://www.smartling.com/blog/the-worlds-languages-engage-your-customers-with-localization https://www.smartling.com/blog/the-worlds-languages-engage-y...
- dtagames 9mo agoRight but very few software products can target just that population. It's certainly a great additional language but it can't be primary, methinks. Good stats on the speaker base!
- jaccon 9mo agothe english version comming