Free. Ad-free. For humans and AI.
MIT open source, zero ads, no telemetry — and the only video player AI agents can drive natively. Auto-skip YouTube sponsor segments via SponsorBlock, local AI subtitle generation, CLI + MCP first.
curl -fsSL https://unflick.app/install.sh | bash Free, private, yours.
What we don't do — and why we don't do it.
Always free
MIT-licensed and open source. No premium tier, no trial countdown, no surprise paywall down the road.
No login
Open a file, hit play. unflick never asks for an email, account, or any cloud sign-in.
Zero ads
We don't sell your attention. The player is the entire product — no banners, no pre-roll, no "sponsored" content.
100% local
Library scans, subtitle generation, AI transcription — every feature runs on your machine. Your files never leave.
Three interfaces, one core
Built for humans and AI agents from day one. Whatever the GUI does, the CLI and MCP do too.
Beautiful GUI
Frosted glass UI, smart auto-hide controls, fullscreen and PiP modes. libmpv under the hood for industry-grade playback of every format.
Full CLI
Every feature scriptable. Play, seek, screenshot, clip to GIF, generate subtitles — all from your terminal. JSON output everywhere.
AI-native (MCP)
Built-in MCP server. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor — any AI agent can play, clip, transcribe, and search your library through 39 tools and 3 live resources.
Drop unflick into Claude / Cursor / any MCP client
Add this to your MCP client config and the agent can drive playback, generate subtitles, scan your library — every feature unflick exposes.
{
"mcpServers": {
"unflick": {
"command": "C:\\Users\\<you>\\AppData\\Local\\unflick\\unflick.exe",
"args": ["--mcp"]
}
}
} Download unflick
Windows 10 / 11, macOS, and Linux supported.
v0.9.2
Windows 10 / 11 · x64
Standard Edition
80 MBFull player with bundled ffmpeg and yt-dlp for clipping and URL playback.
Download standard .msi (admin install)AI Edition
145 MBStandard plus an offline Whisper model. Generate subtitles with zero configuration.
Download AI .msi (admin install)macOS 11+ · Apple Silicon + Intel
Universal binary
111 MBNotarized + signed .dmg with both Apple Silicon and Intel slices. Drag to Applications, no Gatekeeper hoops.
Download .dmg Prerequisite: brew install mpv — unflick loads libmpv at runtime from your Homebrew install.
Intel Mac users
Yes — same DMG. macOS picks the right slice automatically.
Linux x86_64 · X11 / Xwayland
.AppImage
78 MBDistro-agnostic. Make executable + run. Install libmpv2 system-wide first.
Wayland sessions (GNOME, KDE Plasma 6, WSLg) auto-fall-back to Xwayland on first launch. Native Wayland subsurface support lands in a follow-up.