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title: Install HordePlayer on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of HordePlayer for Linux - Professional local
  video player powered by ffmpeg
url: https://snapcraft.io/hordeplayer
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# HordePlayer

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* [ahmad (hordekiller)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hordekiller "View all snaps from ahmad (hordekiller)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)

latest/stable 1.0.0

Install latest/stable of HordePlayer

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install hordeplayer
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* hordeplayer

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 10 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer](https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer "https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer")

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### Contact

* [github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer](https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer "https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer")

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### Source code

* [github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer](https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer "https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer/issues](https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer/issues "https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/hordeplayer#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/hordeplayer#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/hordeplayer#tab-security)

#### Professional local video player powered by ffmpeg

HordePlayer is a fast, local-first video player for Linux that plays what browsers
cannot — MKV, HEVC and AC3/E-AC3 audio — by converting media on the fly with
ffmpeg through a tiny HTTP server that lives entirely on your machine.

## Highlights

* Plays local files and links: MP4, MKV, WebM, MOV, TS, HLS (`.m3u8`), DASH (`.mpd`)
* Live MKV + AC3/E-AC3 → MP4/AAC remux/transcode (the file format browsers refuse)
* Audio boost (0.5x-6x), dynamic normalization, and EBU R128 loudness
* Background caching for instant seeking on large files
* Playlist, playback speed, loop, subtitles, picture-in-picture, fullscreen
* RTL / Persian-first interface with a clean SVG icon set
* Private by design: binds 127.0.0.1 only — nothing leaves your machine

## Install

```
 sudo snap install hordeplayer
```

AppImage, `.deb` and `.rpm` builds are also available from the
[GitHub releases](<https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer/releases>).

## Usage

Paste a link or drop a file into the player and press **Play**. For MKV files or
quiet AC3 audio, press **Transcode** to route the source through ffmpeg. Tune
audio, playlists, server address and more in the sidebar tabs.

## License

[GPL-3.0](<https://github.com/Hordekiller/HordePlayer/blob/main/LICENSE>).
HordePlayer invokes ffmpeg strictly as an external process; ffmpeg is distributed
under its own (L)GPL license and is not linked into this application.

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## Install HordePlayer on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hordeplayer/ubuntu)