Alternatives to Emby for all platforms with any license

Kodi

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...
- Isn't a media server, it's a media player. Guest • Feb 2017 • 34 agrees and 9 disagrees
- Not a media server, it aggregates and plays. It is more akin to a player, like vlc, etc. than Emby. Guest • Apr 2017 • 26 agrees and 8 disagrees
- No backend, only a frontend. Therefore NOT a media server. Guest • Apr 2017 • 23 agrees and 8 disagrees
- If you have a NAS (or server PC) with DBMaria + PHPMyAdmin you can share a same Data Base trough all your device (PC, Laptop, Android TV, Raspberry Pi, Smartphone,...) GolgothBe • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Not a media server, it aggregates and plays. It is more akin to a player, like vlc, etc. than Emby. Guest • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Kodi is more of a player than a server, like emby Guest • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Kodi is not a media player, it is a media server.. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 12 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad Raspberry Pi Fire TV
Media Streaming Support AirPlay Automatic subtitles download Built-in Media converter ... Built-in subtitle search DNLA Server Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Jailbreak required Music Library TV Shows meta data support Video library Add a feature

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Plex

Plex bridges the gap between your computer and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can...
- Emby is (used to be) "free"; any software that (1) has to use the term "freemium" and (2) is proprietary and (3) requires an online login is not equivalent enough. Guest • Jul 2018 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple TV Kindle Fire Roku Daydream
Media sharing Media Transcoding Media Streaming Play local content ... Dedicated Server Hosting DNLA Server Local server Media Streaming Offline sync of media files Remote File Access Remote Media Access Stream audio Add a feature

715 Like
Ampache

Ampache is a web based audio streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device. Common...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Self-Hosted PHP
Support for MPD Self-hosted music Web-Based Support for WebDAV Add a feature

39 Like
Splash

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...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

62 Like
Infuse

Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is...

Freemium $ $ $ iPhone iPad Apple TV
Support for DLNA TV Shows meta data support Add a feature

31 Like
MediaPortal

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...

Free Open Source Windows
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Internet radio Skinnable Add a feature

46 Like
JRiver Media Center

JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer running Windows. Media Center is a...

Commercial Mac Windows
Configurable Music Library Add a feature

34 Like
LeonFlix

A multi-platform desktop app for watching movies and TV shows.Leonflix is a search tool for movies and TV shows. It scrapes video/file hosting websites and has the...

Free Mac Windows Linux
Spotlight Track movies Tv shows Add a feature

11 Like
Playon

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...

Commercial Windows Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet ... iPad Blackberry 10
Support for DLNA Add a feature

14 Like
OpenPHT

OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater (abandoned). That's a open-source client for Plex. Need to install Plex Media Server.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Media Streaming Add a feature

5 Like
Semper Media Center

Semper Media Center (SPMC in short) is a Android-minded fork of Kodi, by the former Kodi android maintainer, Koying.

Free Open Source Android
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
Kantaris

Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (VLC Media Player) and Bass audio library.
- Discontinued Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
- Warning Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
Free Open Source Windows
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for subtitles Add a feature

14 Like
Moovida

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...
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.1.1, released in October 2011, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
Free Open Source Windows
No features added Add a feature

22 Like
VidOn Server

Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.

Free Windows
Tv shows Add a feature

6 Like
Android TV

Android TV is a Operating System made for the TV which has a custom launcher and custom apps to make it easier to navigate on the television.

Free Open Source Android
No features added Add a feature

3 Like