OpenELEC Alternatives
OpenELEC is described as 'Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small Linux based Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a' and is a popular app in the Video & Movies category. There are nine alternatives to OpenELEC for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Raspberry Pi, Kodi, Apple TV and Fedora. The best alternative is Plex, which is free. Other great apps like OpenELEC are LibreELEC (Free, Open Source), OSMC (Free, Open Source), Fedberry (Free, Open Source) and XBian (Free, Open Source).
- 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. View 80 alternatives to Plex
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Daydream
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- LibreELEC is ‘Just enough OS’ for Kodi, a Linux distribution built to run Kodi on current and popular mediacentre hardware. We are an evolution of the popular OpenELEC project. LibreELEC software will be familiar to OpenELEC users. View 6 alternatives to LibreELEC
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
LibreELEC vs OpenELEC
Megachip Still in active development. Fork of OpenELEC - OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source media player based on Linux and founded in 2014 that lets you play back media from your local network, attached storage... View 36 alternatives to OSMC
- Free • Open Source
- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
- FedBerry is a Fedora Remix specifically built for use with Raspberry Pi® 2/3 Model B computers. View 8 alternatives to Fedberry
- XBian is a small, fast and lightweight media centre distribution for the Raspberry Pi, CuBox-i, Hummingboard and many more devices to come. It is based on a minimal Debian and therefore offers much of the same freedom as Debian offers. View 5 alternatives to XBian
- Daphile is an audiophile class music server & player OS – targeted to dedicated headless PC. View 4 alternatives to Daphile
- CoreELEC is a ‘Just enough OS’ Linux distribution for running Kodi® on popular Amlogic hardware. CoreELEC is a fork of the LibreELEC project with a stronger focus on Amlogic hardware and the community. View 2 alternatives to CoreELEC
- VortexBox is a free, open source (GPL v3), quick-install ISO that turns your unused computer into an easy-to-use music server/jukebox. View 12 alternatives to VortexBox
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Enna is a Media Center application. View 28 alternatives to Enna
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.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux