MediaPortal Alternatives for Linux

MediaPortal is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MediaPortal and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MediaPortal are Emby, Oblecto, Tvheadend and MythTV.

MediaPortal alternatives are mainly Media Centers but may also be Media Players or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of MediaPortal.

MediaPortal

Free • Open Source
Media Center

MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. It runs on basic hardware, connects directly to your TV and...

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Kodi
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Media Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
Flathub
Flatpak
Raspberry Pi
Fire TV
71 Kodi alternatives
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 companion to a home theater PC - it supports an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its...
- - Kodi is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to MediaPortal.
- - Kodi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MediaPortal.
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Kodi Features
1. PortableKodi can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Ad-freeKodi doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. AirPlay SupportKodi can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
4. Support for 4KKodi supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
5. Dark ModeKodi supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
6. Works OfflineKodi can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
7. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsKodi can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Media Streaming
TV Shows meta data support
Video library
Media library
Automatic subtitles download
Built-in Media Downloader
Support for subtitles
Music Library
Support for DLNA
Built-in Media converter
Comments about Kodi as a Alternative to MediaPortal
Some users think Kodi is a great MediaPortal alternative, some don't.
Guest
does not work even as half as good like mediaportal and needs additional software to watch TV which causes lots of trouble
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Mickael
No dvb-t dvb-s dvb-c tuner support
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Emby
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Freemium • Proprietary
Media Center
Media Server
Media Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
Windows Phone
iPad
Self-Hosted
Apple TV
Kindle Fire
Cloudron
Playstation
Xbox
45 Emby alternatives
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.
- - Emby is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to MediaPortal.
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Emby Features
1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Emby.
2. Ad-freeEmby doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Kids ModeEmby allows you to create and manage your kids' profiles in order to protect them.
Media Streaming
Browser Gallery
Private gallery
Optimized for Mobile
Local server
Remote Media Access
Media Transcoding
Asset Pipeline
Remote playback
Oblecto
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Media Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
BSD
Self-Hosted
58 Oblecto alternatives
Oblecto is a media server, similar to Plex, Emby, Netflix and others. It runs in the background on a home server to index your media such as movies and TV shows to make them searchable and streamable through a REST based interface.
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Oblecto Features
Local Storage
Local server
TV Streaming
Built-in Media converter
Media Streaming
Tvheadend
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Free • Open Source
IPTV App
Linux
Self-Hosted
7 Tvheadend alternatives
Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources.
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Tvheadend Features
Backend
DVR
MythTV
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
42 MythTV alternatives
MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. With its plugin architecture, MythTV can be transformed into a home media center suite, capable of managing your personal photo, video, and music collections...
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MythTV Features
TV Tuner
DVR
TV Streaming
Comments about MythTV as a Alternative to MediaPortal
pros, cons and recent comments
Guest
really bad EPG handling. TV stops if you want to look at EPG
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Freevo
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Mac
Windows
Linux
18 Freevo alternatives
Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc.
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Freevo Features
DVR
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last stable version, 1.9.2 Beta, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Enna
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Audio Player
Linux
29 Enna alternatives
Enna is a Media Center application. Featuring a simple user interface, Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval.
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, v0.4.0, released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Kroozbox
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Free • Proprietary
Media Center
Windows
Linux
15 Kroozbox alternatives
Kroozbox is a database to HTML gateway written in Java that can run under Windows or Linux.
Kroozbox has no features, suggest some!
SageTV
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
14 SageTV alternatives
SageTV is a PVR (personal video recorder) application for your PC.
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SageTV Features
DVR
Add a screenshot
Media Hoarder
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
2 Media Hoarder alternatives
Media Hoarder - THE media frontend for data hoarders and movie lovers.
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PHPMediaServer
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Player
Linux
Self-Hosted
30 PHPMediaServer alternatives
OpenSource Web Media Server to browse and stream any video file format supported by ffmpeg with easy web interface for play on any platform with html5 browser, dnla or kodi plugin.
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PHPMediaServer Features
Media Streaming
Support for DLNA
Remote Media Access