SwiftPlayer

A lightweight, fully native video and audio player for macOS.

Built entirely with SwiftUI and AVFoundation. No third-party dependencies—just Apple's own frameworks.

Download v2.2 Stable View on GitHub

Features

Zero dependencies – Pure Swift
Hardware-accelerated decoding via AVFoundation/VideoToolbox
Subtitle support: SRT, VTT, ASS/SSA with adjustable delay
Minimal UI that fades away when idle
Drag & drop, keyboard navigation, and space to play/pause

Supported Formats

Video: MP4, MOV, M4V
Audio: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF, CAF

Installation

Download the latest SwiftPlayer.app.zip from the Releases page.
Move it to your Applications folder and launch it.

⚠️ First launch note

The app is ad-hoc signed, so macOS Gatekeeper will block the first launch. To open it:

Right-click the app in Finder and choose Open, then Open again.
Or run: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SwiftPlayer.app

Compatibility

Runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Minimum macOS version: 13.0 (Ventura).

Build from Source

Requires Xcode 16+ and macOS 13.0+.

git clone https://github.com/scadavide55/SwiftPlayer.git
cd SwiftPlayer
open SwiftPlayer.xcodeproj

Changelog

2.2 — Stable

Latest

Picture in Picture support
Playback speed control (0.5× – 2×)
Skip buttons (⏪ 10s / ⏩ 10s)
Volume slider and mute toggle
Volume keyboard shortcuts (↑ / ↓)
Faster, smoother seeking — thanks to u/Casfaber_ on Reddit for the suggestion
Play/pause state now fully synced with playback
Filename display, subtitle toggle, and state cleanup on Go Home
Fullscreen button in the top-right corner

2.1.1 — Stable

Previous

Real reverse playback via AVPlayer's negative rate
Subtitle timestamp fix (ASS/SSA 3-digit milliseconds)
Full Xcode project published to GitHub
Unit tests for SRT, VTT, and ASS/SSA parsers

See all releases on GitHub →