Media Companion Alternatives

Media Companion is described as 'The original free to use Movie/TV Show manager and organizer that offers full XBMC integration. Simply put, Media Companion gathers information from the Internet and make this information available to you in an organized manner' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are nine alternatives to Media Companion for Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted. The best Media Companion alternative is GCstar, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Media Companion are tinyMediaManager, MediaElch, Ember Media Manager and mycollections.

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Media Companion is the original free to use Movie/TV Show manager and organizer that offers full XBMC integration. Simply...

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Media Companion alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. GCstar icon
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    Desktop application to manage of various types of collections (books, comics, films, TV shows, music, games, wines, stamp, coins, etc...).

    98 GCstar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GCstar Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Multiple languages
    6.  Cross-Platform
    7.  Book Manager
    8.  Tagging

    GCstar VS Media Companion

     
    Comments about GCstar as an Alternative to Media Companion
    Perilin
    Negative Sep 8, 2017
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    GCStar is designed to handle various collections whereas MC handles specifically video collections for the Kodi platform.

    Guest
    Negative Apr 5, 2016
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    It is not a "media manager" for Kodi

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    • GCstar is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Media Companion.

    • GCstar is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Media Companion.

    • GCstar is Free and Open SourceMedia Companion is also Free and Open Source
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    tinyMediaManager is a media management tool written in Java/Swing. It is written to provide metadata for the Kodi Media Center (formerly known as XBMC), MediaPortal and Plex media server.

    15 tinyMediaManager alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    tinyMediaManager Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3. Trakt.tv icon  Trakt.tv integration
    4.  Automatic subtitles download

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  3. MediaElch icon
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    MediaElch is a MediaManager for Kodi. It directly accesses XBMCs database (SQLite and MySQL) and thumbnail cache to store information about movies and TV shows.

    15 MediaElch alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    MediaElch Features

    1. Kodi icon  Kodi integration
    2.  Video library

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    Ember Media Manager is just that: a media manager. Once configured, it let's you fetch, store, and view various details about your media collection. Movies and TV shows are the type of media that Ember can handle.

    15 Ember Media Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ember Media Manager Features

    1.  Search metadata

    Ember Media Manager VS Media Companion

     
  5. mycollections icon
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    myCollections is the perfect tool to catalog Applications, Books, Games, Music, Movies, TV show or Adult contents, into the same and unique tool.

    15 mycollections alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    mycollections Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Catalog
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Book Manager
    5.  Track movies

    mycollections VS Media Companion

     
  6. Numento icon
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    Numento is a elegant collection software fully customizable that will let you freely choose your method of management. Manage your library (Books,CD, DVD, comic books, games), your coins, your stamps, your postcard, etc.

    57 Numento alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Numento Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Collections
    3.  Music collection
    4.  Book Manager

    Numento VS Media Companion

     
    • Numento is the most popular commercial alternative to Media Companion.

    • Numento is Paid and ProprietaryMedia Companion is Free and Open Source
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    Dim is a self hosted media manager. With minimal setup, Dim will organize and beautify your media collections, letting you access and play them anytime from anywhere.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Dim VS Media Companion

     
    • Dim is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Media Companion.

    • Dim is Free and Open SourceMedia Companion is also Free and Open Source
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    ViMediaManager is a media manager for Mac OS X, allowing you to gather, store and manage the information and extra images for your movie, television & anime collections, and can be used on it’s own, or in combination with XBMC, Plex & YAMJ.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    ViMediaManager VS Media Companion

     
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