



The best open source alternative to IMDb is Showly. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to IMDb and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to IMDb are SeriesGuide, NeoDB, lib.reviews and Showly OSS.








NeoDB is an open-source software and global community platform since 2021. It helps users to manage and explore collections, reviews, and ratings for various cultural products, including books, movies, music, podcasts, games, and performances.


We believe that the information we use to make decisions -- about what book to read, what place to stay at or what product to buy -- will be of higher quality if we organize it transparently, through an open community.

Showly is modern, slick, open source Android TV Shows Tracker. This fork gets rid of all proprietary tracking libraries.




Cronica's sleek design simplifies managing your watchlist and tracking episodes. Enjoy features like Up Next, release alerts, iCloud sync, trailers, and JustWatch streaming guides. Ideal for both binge-watchers and casual viewers, keeping you informed and entertained.







MovieInfo makes it easy for you to find information and aggregated ratings for movies, TV series and games.

A GTK-based desktop app for GNOME that tracks watched movies, manages searchable and sortable watchlists, logs plays, provides dashboards with totals and activity, fetches data from TMDB, supports person stats, manages custom places, and allows metadata refresh.




Logline is an open-source Android app that provides a seamless movie browsing experience with an emphasis on user privacy and transparency. The app offers core functionality to discover, organize, and rate movies while ensuring that user data remains under their control.







TerminalMdB is a *NIX command-line interface for the IMdB. It makes use of the excellent API over at www.omdbapi.com to retrieve basic movie information.
Technically, it is a FOSS front-end, not an alternative to IMDB. (It is good though.)