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Show HN: I took back Video.js after 16 years and we rewrote it to be 88% smaller

⚡️ Revamped Video.js: Smaller, Faster, and Community-Driven



Video.js, a widely-used open-source video player, has been revived and rewritten from the ground up, reducing its size by 88%. The project, initially launched over 16 years ago, had been maintained by a skeleton crew, but a new team of collaborators joined forces to rebuild it better, faster, and more efficient, ensuring its continued use by billions of people monthly on sites like Amazon, LinkedIn, and Dropbox.

1:05 am, March 25, 2026

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506713

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https://videojs.org/blog/videojs-v10-beta-hello-world-again

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Heff

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title: Show HN: I took back Video.js after 16 years and we rewrote it to be 88% smaller
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⚡️ Revamped Video.js: Smaller, Faster, and Community-Driven



Video.js, a widely-used open-source video player, has been revived and rewritten from the ground up, reducing its size by 88%. The project, initially launched over 16 years ago, had been maintained by a skeleton crew, but a new team of collaborators joined forces to rebuild it better, faster, and more efficient, ensuring its continued use by billions of people monthly on sites like Amazon, LinkedIn, and Dropbox.
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