Open Source Android TV Alternatives
Android TV is described as 'Operating System made for the TV which has a custom launcher and custom apps to make it easier to navigate on the television'. There are more than 25 alternatives to Android TV for various platforms. The best alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Android TV are Stremio (Freemium, Open Source), OSMC (Free, Open Source), Koel (Free, Open Source) and MediaPortal (Free, Open Source).
- Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. View 64 alternatives to Kodi
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Raspberry Pi
- Fire TV
- Media center allowing to watch movies, series, YouTube channels instantly. You can watch in HD, with subtitles, and easily cast any file to TV through DLNA, Chromecast, AppleTV! Stremio also gives you notifications for new episodes / movies. View 58 alternatives to Stremio
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source media player based on Linux and founded in 2014 that lets you play back media from your local network, attached storage... View 36 alternatives to OSMC
- Free • Open Source
- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
- A personal music streaming server that works. View 49 alternatives to Koel
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. It runs on basic hardware, connects directly to your TV and displays your TV Series, Movies, Photos and Music in a much more dynamic way. View 28 alternatives to MediaPortal
- OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater. View 15 alternatives to OpenPHT
- PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding. View 34 alternatives to PS3 Media Server
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed, but last version, 1.90.1, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. View 133 alternatives to Kantaris
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
Warning
Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Pith sits on a server or NAS. It scans your media for movies and tv shows and you access it through a modern web UI from your tablet, phone or PC. View 13 alternatives to Pith
- Search movies, series, anime, subtitles, torrents and archives from open directories. View 62 alternatives to OpenTheatre