macOS Media Library
Photos, videos, and audio — all in one native macOS app. With built-in support for MKV, AVI, WMV and 30+ formats via bundled FFmpeg.
What's inside
Play MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, WebM and more — formats macOS can't natively handle. Lumina bundles a static FFmpeg binary so everything works out of the box. No Homebrew, no extra installs, no configuration.
Powered by FFmpegPan, zoom, and explore photos with smooth gestures. Supports RAW formats (NEF, CR2, ARW, DNG), HEIC, AVIF, WebP and all common formats.
30+ formatsFull-featured audio player with a 10-band parametric equalizer, real-time spectrum visualizer, queue management, shuffle, and loop modes.
±24 dB EQLoad external SRT, ASS, and VTT subtitle files for any video. Subtitles are automatically extracted from MKV containers and rendered as a styled overlay. Position and resize on screen.
SRT · ASS · VTTMKV files with multiple audio tracks show a language picker before playback. Pick Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English — whatever you need. Each selection is separately cached for instant replay.
Add folders and Lumina watches them automatically — new files appear instantly, deleted files disappear immediately. Sort by date modified, title, duration, file size, or play count. Grid and list views. Favorites, playlists, and Recently Played smart collections.
Space to play/pause. Arrow keys to skip 10 seconds. Volume controls. Everything works from the keyboard without touching the mouse.
No cloud sync. No accounts. No analytics. Your media library lives entirely on your Mac in a local SQLite database. Nothing leaves your machine.
Format Support
Lumina bundles a static FFmpeg binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. Unsupported files are remuxed in seconds using stream copy — no re-encoding, no quality loss.
Open Source
Lumina itself is free software released under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it. Source code is available on GitHub.
MIT LicenseLumina bundles FFmpeg which is licensed under the GPL v2+. GPL software cannot be distributed through the Mac App Store. Lumina is distributed directly as a result.
Direct DistributionLumina bundles a statically compiled FFmpeg binary (arm64 + x86_64). FFmpeg is a free, open-source multimedia framework licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL v2). The bundled binary includes libx264, libx265, and other GPL-licensed codec libraries. By using Lumina, you acknowledge that FFmpeg is subject to the GPL v2 license.
Get started
Download the ZIP from GitHub Releases. Double-click to unzip, then move Lumina.app to your Applications folder.
Since Lumina is not notarized, macOS will ask for confirmation on first launch. Right-click the app and choose Open.
Click + in the toolbar to add a folder. Lumina scans it and watches for new files automatically. That's it.