Make complex browser video playback simple with mature, stable built for rich features and strong performance.
h265web.js is built for real browser video delivery: HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, AV1, live and VOD, WebCodec, WASM decode, MediaInfo, snapshots, fullscreen, multi-instance playback and protocol compatibility work.
h265web.js PRO
Built and refined continuously since 2017, h265web.js PRO delivers mature browser playback with broad feature coverage and strong performance.
Use h265web.js PRO when native browser playback stops being enough.
The point of this homepage is not to compare marketing slogans. It is to show where browser-native playback stops, where the old open-source branch stops, and where the current free PRO branch keeps going.
Feature Matrix
Keep the current free h265web.js PRO row in the first highlighted position, then compare it with the outdated branch and the native browser baseline.
| Feature Tags | H.265 SIMD | H.265 | H.264 | AV1 | WebCodec | Wasm+SIMD | Wasm | MSE | SuperGpuCache | SuperCpuCache | PlayBack H265 | PlayBack H264 | PlayBack AV1 | FLV | MP4 | RawData H265 | HTTP-FLV | HTTP-TS | Websocket FLV | Websocket TS | Websocket H265 | MPEG-TS | M3U8 | HLS | MKV | G711A alaw | G711U ulaw | AAC | MP3 | Capture Frame | Auto Play | Next Frame | MediaInfo(Probe) |
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h265web.js PRO
Free now · strongest feature set for browser playback
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h265web.js Outdated
Community edition for feature comparison
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Video Element
Native browser baseline reference
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Built by @Numberwolf, used across product, streaming and video teams.
These logos are not there to decorate the page. They are there to show this SDK has already been pushed through real browser playback scenarios.
Used more than 19,009,144 times in a year.
The number matters because this project is not just a demo player. It is already serving repeated playback demand in production-style environments.
Talk directly to the maintainer behind h265web.js.
Whether you are evaluating browser playback, integrating the SDK, or comparing live and VOD paths, these are the fastest ways to reach the project and the maintainer.