Overview

Payas Player is a lightweight, fully browser-based media player for audio and video files. There is no installation, no server, and no data collection — everything runs locally on your device. Open the HTML file in any modern browser and start playing your media immediately.

Payas Player is Version 1.0.0, released in April 2026 under the MIT License, and built and maintained by Saman Wijesinghe as part of the Payas Webkit project.

Technical Details

Detail Value
Developer Saman Wijesinghe
Version 1.0.0
Release April 2026
License MIT (Open Source)
Platform HTML5 / Browser
Media Engine HTML5 Media API
Visualizer Web Audio API
Part of Payas WebKit

Key Features

  • Fully browser-based — no server, no backend, no internet connection needed
  • No installation — download, extract, open index.html — done
  • No data collection — everything runs locally, your media never leaves your device
  • Audio and video support — plays both audio and video files via the HTML5 Media API
  • Audio visualizer — real-time visualization powered by the Web Audio API
  • Open source / MIT — free to use, share, and modify
  • Cross-platform — works on Linux, Windows, and macOS in any modern browser
  • Lightweight — no frameworks, no dependencies, fast to load

The Payas Webkit Suite

Payas Player is one of four tools under the Payas Webkit umbrella — a collection of lightweight, serverless web utilities:

Tool Purpose
Payas Player Media player — play audio and video in the browser
Payas Editor WYSIWYG rich text editor — write and save documents as Markdown
Payas Imager Image viewer — view and browse images in the browser
Payas Reader Document reader — PDF, EPUB, Markdown, and text in the browser

Each tool in the suite shares the same philosophy: zero server dependency, open source, and runs from a single HTML file.

Get Payas Player

Resource Link
GitLab Repository gitlab.com/samanscode/payas-player
Download ZIP payas-player-main.zip

Quick Start

  1. Download the ZIP package from the link above
  2. Extract the archive
  3. Open index.html in your browser — no setup needed
  4. Load any audio or video file and start playing

License

Payas Player is released under the MIT License — free to use, share, and build upon.