Boxee Alternatives

Boxee is described as 'media center for your home theater PC. It compiles media from your computer and on the internet into a simple, remote-control friendly user interface. Boxee includes built-in social media features, so you can see what your friends have watched and recommended' and is a very popular Media Center in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Boxee for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Boxee alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Boxee are Plex, Splash, OpenELEC and MediaPortal.

Boxee alternatives are mainly Media Centers but may also be Media Players or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Boxee.

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Kodi
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Audio Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
Flathub
Flatpak
Raspberry Pi
Fire TV
69 Kodi alternatives
Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. Kodi is designed to be the perfect companion to a home theater PC - it supports an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its...
- - Kodi is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Boxee.
- - Kodi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Boxee.
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Kodi Features
1. Ad-freeKodi doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. PortableKodi can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. AirPlay SupportKodi can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
4. Support for 4KKodi supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
5. Dark ModeKodi supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
6. Works OfflineKodi can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
7. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsKodi can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Media Streaming
TV Shows meta data support
Video library
Media library
Automatic subtitles download
Built-in Media Downloader
Support for subtitles
Music Library
Support for DLNA
Built-in Media converter
Plex
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Freemium • Proprietary
Media Center
Media Server
Media Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Apple TV
Daydream
Kindle Fire
Android TV
Kodi
Roku
91 Plex alternatives
Plex is a one-stop destination to stream movies, TV shows, sports & music. Check good movies to watch on Plex and stream all your personal media libraries on every device.
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Plex Features
1. Kids ModePlex allows you to create and manage your kids' profiles in order to protect them.
Media Streaming
Play local content
Local Storage
Media Transcoding
Remote Media Access
Automatic Library Search
Support for DLNA
Media sharing
Support for subtitles
Automatic subtitles download
Splash
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Free • Proprietary
Media Player
Windows
109 Splash alternatives
The only player you will ever need. Stunning video quality thanks to advanced engine. Video conversion optimized for social media. Innovative and fully customizable user interface. In one word - Splash.
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Splash Features
1. Hardware AcceleratedSplash can use the GPU and CPU to speed up rendering, conversion, and overall performance.
Audio boosting
Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
Built-in Media converter
Frame interpolation
HDR Support
Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration
HDR10
Discontinued
dead after 3 years of no updates!
OpenELEC
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Media Center
Media Player
Linux
Raspberry Pi
11 OpenELEC alternatives
Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small Linux based Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a Kodi (previously XBMC) media center.
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OpenELEC Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsOpenELEC can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Streaming
TV Streaming
OPENGL
Discontinued
Since 2017 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenELECalso, the website is dead.
MediaPortal
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Audio Player
Windows
30 MediaPortal alternatives
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.
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MediaPortal Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsMediaPortal can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Skinnable
DVB-C
Dvb-t
TV Tuner
TV Streaming
Sequential
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Free • Open Source
Image Viewer
Mac
66 Sequential alternatives
Sequential is an image viewer for Mac OS X. It was originally designed for opening a folder of images and displaying them in order. It works well for viewing comics and manga.
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Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.1.2, released in January 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Kantaris
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Free • Open Source
Media Player
Windows
137 Kantaris alternatives
Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player.
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Kantaris Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsKantaris can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Support for subtitles
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
Warning
Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
Squire
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Paid • Proprietary
Torrent Streaming Service
Media Center
Movie Streaming Service
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
71 Squire alternatives
Squire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. The brain where all the local video files or installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.
- - Squire is the most popular commercial alternative to Boxee.
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Squire Features
Stream video to Apple TV
Moovida
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Windows
29 Moovida alternatives
Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media. In a world where the promise of on-demand media has yet to be realized, Moovida develops software and services to simplify and enhance media consumption, effectively filling the gap between the...
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Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.1.1, released in October 2011, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
MythTV
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
42 MythTV alternatives
MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. With its plugin architecture, MythTV can be transformed into a home media center suite, capable of managing your personal photo, video, and music collections...
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MythTV Features
TV Tuner
DVR
TV Streaming
VidOn Server
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Free • Proprietary
Media Center
Media Player
Windows
28 VidOn Server alternatives
Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.
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VidOn Server Features
TV Streaming
Enna
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Audio Player
Linux
29 Enna alternatives
Enna is a Media Center application. Featuring a simple user interface, Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval.
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, v0.4.0, released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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