Native HLS
Native Adaptive Streaming is a legacy browser extension project for HLS and MPEG-DASH playback; its page points to a successor project.
About Native HLS
Native HLS is a legacy browser extension for playing HLS and MPEG-DASH streams in Chrome and Firefox. The project page says it is no longer current and points to a successor at Palethorn/nas-extension. It was forked from chrome-hls with added features. The code is released under Apache 2.0.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Opens matching m3u8 and mpd links in a new player tab
- Uses hls.js and dash.js for playback
- Can be disabled from the extension icon
- Build targets include Chrome and Firefox debug and production versions
Watch out for
- Firefox store version disables some functionality.
- Build setup requires Python 2, jinja2 and pyyaml.
Native HLS at a glance
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Browser Extensions
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Browser extension
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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