Jellyfin AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Media Servers

The best Media Server alternative to Jellyfin is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Jellyfin and many of them are Media Servers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Media Server alternatives to Jellyfin are Stremio, Plex, Emby and Universal Media Server.

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  1. Kodi icon
     1572 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.

    109 Kodi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
    • Apple TV
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Xbox
    • F-Droid
    • US flagUnited States
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  2. Stremio icon
     2747 likes

    Versatile media center enabling seamless streaming of films, series, and YouTube in HD with subtitle support. Cast effortlessly to TV with DLNA, Chromecast integration. Explore via add-ons like Netflix, Amazon, torrent-streaming.

    115 Stremio alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AltStore
    • Flathub
    • Tizen OS
    • Android TV
    • Flatpak
    • Meta Quest
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  3. Plex icon
     902 likes

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

    116 Plex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • 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
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. Emby icon
     179 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.

    70 Emby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Cloudron
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Android Auto
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. 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.

    60 Universal Media Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Infuse icon
     55 likes

    The beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision Pro. No need to convert files.

    151 Infuse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • visionOS
    • US flagUnited States
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  7. Meelo icon
     17 likes

    A versatile self-hosted music server offering music video access, B-Side and rare track identification, extensive format support via transcoding, and detailed metadata parsing. Additional features include automatic 'featuring' detection, song version browsing, and genre retrieval through platforms like MusicBrainz.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Nuvio icon
     10 likes

    Plays personal media libraries on phone, desktop and TV, adding artwork, ratings, subtitles and per-profile watch progress. It supports media servers and add-ons, can sync libraries through an account, and offers intro, recap and outro skipping when markers exist.

    13 Nuvio alternatives

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • HP webOS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tizen OS
    • Android TV
    • Google TV
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  9. Streama icon
     15 likes

    Ever had a huge bookshelf full of shows and movies? Ever wanted to digitalize them, but didn't have a good way of organizing the files? Worry no more! Streama is your own personal Netflix for just such a purpose!

    31 Streama alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Serviio icon
     53 likes

    Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.

    57 Serviio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Seanime icon
     4 likes

    Open-source media server with a web interface and desktop app for anime and manga.

    5 Seanime alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. SRS icon
     1 like

    SRS is a simple, high efficiency and realtime video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT and GB28181. - GitHub - ossrs/srs: SRS is a simple, high efficiency and realtime video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT and GB28181.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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