Infuse AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Media Centers

The best Media Center alternative to Infuse is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Infuse and many of them are Media Centers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Media Center alternatives to Infuse are Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex and Emby.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

     7880 likes

    Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

    194 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Xbox
    • OpenAPK
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  2. Kodi icon

    Kodi

     1564 likes

    Open-source media player compatible with Linux, Mac, Windows, Xbox, and iOS, designed for home theater PCs. Customizable with themes, supports 4K, audio and video formats, streaming, privacy-focused operations, and extensible with plugins.

    93 Kodi alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
    • Apple TV
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Xbox
    • F-Droid
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  4. Jellyfin icon

    Jellyfin

     382 likes

    A free, open-source media system alternative to proprietary options like Emby and Plex, with Chromecast support, 4K streaming, plugin extensions, focusing on privacy without premium features, managing media from dedicated servers to multiple devices via various apps.

    84 Jellyfin alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • Tizen OS
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
    • Cloudron
    • Kodi
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
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  5. Plex icon

    Plex

     898 likes

    A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.

    104 Plex alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Android Auto
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • Daydream
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android TV
    • Amazon Alexa
    • Kodi
    • Google TV
    • Playstation
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
    • Chromecast
    • Xbox
    • Docker Hub
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    Emby

     176 likes

    Emby, formerly Media Browser, is a media aggregator plugin for Media Center that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family.

    61 Emby alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Windows Phone
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    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Cloudron
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    • Xbox
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  8. Universal Media Server icon

    Universal Media Server

     137 likes

    Universal Media Server is a media server capable of serving videos, audio and images to any DLNA-capable device. It supports any device capable of DLNA and runs on all major operating systems: Windows, OS X and Linux.

    55 Universal Media Server alternatives

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  10. OSMC icon

    OSMC

     81 likes

    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 and the Internet. OSMC is the leading media center in terms of feature set and community and is based...

    47 OSMC alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Apple TV
    • Raspberry Pi
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    MediaChips

     20 likes

    MediaChips is a desktop app for organizing local media libraries. It helps you tag, filter, preview, and browse videos, images, audio, and text files that already live on your disks or NAS — with no accounts, no cloud, and no data collection.

    46 MediaChips alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Docker
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  12. jetAudio icon

    jetAudio

     55 likes

    JetAudio is integrated, multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.

    122 jetAudio alternatives

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  13. Spectati icon

    Spectati

     5 likes

    Combines movies, series, and live TV from Plex, Jellyfin, M3U, and Xtream into one app with unified search, a rich live TV guide, offline downloads, full playback controls, parental restrictions, iCloud sync, profile security, and advanced 4K and Dolby support.

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    • Apple TV
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    • European Union flagEU
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  14. Playon icon

    Playon

     14 likes

    PlayOn is both browser and media server for your Windows PC which lets you magically stream your favorite shows, movies, even your personal media from your PC to your TV, smartphone or tablet. To display videos on your TV, PlayOn relies on a friend such as a game console like...

    29 Playon alternatives

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