Khua Player 0.7.0

What's new

• Improved Dolby Vision playback, thumbnails, and Motion+ compatibility.
• Faster video opening and more reliable playback from network drives.
• Fixed incorrect orientation in some videos.
• More control over subtitle generation: wait for the current task or stop it when switching videos.

Download

Download Khua-0.7.0.dmg, open it, and drag Khua to Applications.
Developer ID signed, notarized, and stapled. Existing official 0.6.0+ installations can use Khua → Check for Updates.

Apple silicon · macOS 14+ · Motion+ and AI subtitles require macOS 26 and compatible hardware/languages.

Website · Release history

Source and verification

Khua-0.7.0-source.tar.gz contains the v0.7.0 source, pinned dependency sources, patches, licenses, and rebuild instructions. Khua's own code is MIT; dependencies retain their original licenses, including LGPL for FFmpeg and FriBidi.

SHA256SUMS.txt covers the DMG and complete source archive. The GitHub DMG is identical to the official website download.

Khua Player 0.6.1

Khua Player 0.6.1 (build 11) for Apple silicon Macs.

What's new

• Existing update checks now include a random installation identifier for
  deduplicated update-check activity and version statistics.
• No additional requests, playback data collection, new settings, or permission
  dialogs. Automatic update checks remain enabled by default.
• Updated the privacy policy and the in-app privacy summary in all 17 languages.

These statistics measure installations checking for updates, not people or
playback activity. See the privacy policy.

Install or update

Download Khua-0.6.1.dmg, open it, and drag Khua to Applications.
The app and disk image are Developer ID signed, notarized, and stapled.

Khua 0.6.0 can update through Khua → Check for Updates once the official
update channel offers this release. Older builds without update support need
one manual installation of the current DMG.

• Apple silicon only; macOS 14 or later.
• Motion+ requires macOS 26 and a supported Mac.
• Subtitle generation and translation require macOS 26. Available languages
  depend on macOS, which may download language models on first use.

The GitHub DMG and the official Cloudflare-hosted download contain identical
bytes. Website · Release history

Source and licenses

Tag v0.6.1 identifies public source commit
fb7d28d9d6f504254e7fb7c8f63ef6579b57cab6.

Khua-0.6.1-source.tar.gz includes that source snapshot, the locked upstream
dependency source archives, downstream FFmpeg patches, license texts, and
rebuild instructions. GitHub's automatically generated source ZIP/TAR downloads
contain only the repository snapshot, not those dependency source archives.

Khua's own source uses MIT. Third-party components retain their own licenses,
including LGPL for FFmpeg and FriBidi. See the
third-party notices
and REBUILDING.md in the source archive.

Verify the download

The SHA-256 of Khua-0.6.1.dmg is:

a57505008d732318048e939c74cce325dc66ea0313dc187da91cb3cb7ca35b96

SHA256SUMS.txt lists checksums for both the DMG and the source archive.

Khua Player 0.6.0

Khua Player 0.6.0 (build 10) for Apple silicon Macs.

This is the first GitHub release of the existing official 0.6.0 build. The DMG is identical to the download on khua.app.

What's new in 0.6.0

• In-app update checks for the direct-download version.
• Verification of signed update feeds and update packages before installation.

Install

Download Khua-0.6.0.dmg, open it, and drag Khua to Applications. The app and disk image are Developer ID signed, notarized, and stapled.

• Apple silicon only; macOS 14 or later.
• Motion+ requires macOS 26 and a supported Mac.
• Subtitle generation and translation require macOS 26. Available languages depend on macOS, which may download language models on first use.

Website downloads and automatic updates continue to use the official Cloudflare-hosted release channel. The GitHub asset is an additional download of the same signed package.

Source and licenses

Tag v0.6.0 identifies public source commit 6e70bc342ca13a48fbe6960f2bed67d1022d0c8c.

Khua-0.6.0-source.tar.gz includes that source snapshot, the locked upstream dependency source archives, downstream FFmpeg patches, license texts, and rebuild instructions. GitHub's automatically generated source ZIP/TAR downloads contain only the repository snapshot, not those dependency source archives.

Khua's own source code uses MIT. Third-party components retain their own licenses, including LGPL for FFmpeg and FriBidi. See third-party notices and REBUILDING.md in the source archive.

Verify the download

The SHA-256 of Khua-0.6.0.dmg is:

3844fe737f70969679d85510e806ed283ff94e794b9dd00fc50ef64f331fa852

SHA256SUMS.txt lists checksums for both the DMG and the source archive.