MiniDLNA Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to MiniDLNA for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Plex, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MiniDLNA and 17 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MiniDLNA are Universal Media Server, Serviio, PS3 Media Server and Gerbera.

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  1. Plex icon

    Plex

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

    89 Plex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • 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
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
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    • Some users think Plex is a great MiniDLNA alternative, some don't.

    • Plex is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to MiniDLNA.

    • Plex is the most popular free alternative to MiniDLNA.

    • Plex is Freemium and ProprietaryMiniDLNA is Free and Open Source
  2. Universal Media Server icon

    Universal Media Server

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    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.

    46 Universal Media Server alternatives

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    • Most users think Universal Media Server is a great MiniDLNA alternative.

    • Universal Media Server is the most popular Open Source alternative to MiniDLNA.

    • Universal Media Server is Free and Open SourceMiniDLNA is also Free and Open Source
  4. Serviio icon

    Serviio

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    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.

    49 Serviio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. PS3 Media Server icon

    PS3 Media Server

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    PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    GUI
     
  6. Gerbera icon

    Gerbera

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    Gerbera is a free UPnP media server forked from the now discontinued MediaTomb project. It's highly compatible and works with many devices including TVs, Playstation, Android & iOS phones and tablets.

    28 Gerbera alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    MiniDLNA was hard to configure

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    • Gerbera is Free and Open SourceMiniDLNA is also Free and Open Source
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    MediaTomb

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    MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.

    30 MediaTomb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. Rygel icon

    Rygel

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    Rygel is a home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both a UPnP AV MediaServer and MediaRenderer implemented through a plug-in mechanism.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Rygel is already built into Ubuntu / GNOME!

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    • Rygel is Free and Open SourceMiniDLNA is also Free and Open Source
  10. TwonkyServer icon

    TwonkyServer

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    Easily access and stream photos, videos, music, and more from your home network with Twonky—just like finding a movie on Netflix or a song on iTunes.

    17 TwonkyServer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • TwonkyServer is the most popular commercial alternative to MiniDLNA.

    • TwonkyServer is Paid and ProprietaryMiniDLNA is Free and Open Source
  11. Streama icon

    Streama

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    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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Olaris icon

    Olaris

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    Olaris is an open-source, community driven, media manager and transcoding server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. Ushare uPnP media server icon

    Ushare uPnP media server

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    uShare is a UPnP (TM) A/V & DLNA Media Server. It implements the server component that provides UPnP media devices with information on available multimedia files. uShare uses the built-in http server of libupnp to stream the files to clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  14. Macast icon

    Macast

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    A menu bar application using mpv as DLNA Media Renderer. You can push videos, pictures or musics from your mobile phone to your computer.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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