OpenELEC Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to OpenELEC for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people 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 10 alternatives to OpenELEC and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to OpenELEC are LibreELEC, CoreELEC, XBian and Flex Launcher.

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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.

    90 Plex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • 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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  2. LibreELEC icon

    LibreELEC

     26 likes

    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.

    11 LibreELEC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    LibreELEC vs OpenELEC Comments
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    Still in active development. Fork of OpenELEC

    • LibreELEC is Free and Open SourceOpenELEC is also Free and Open Source
    • LibreELEC is CustomizableOpenELEC is not according to our users
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    CoreELEC

     3 likes

    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.

    4 CoreELEC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Kodi
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  5. XBian icon

    XBian

     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • HummingBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
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  6. Flex Launcher icon

    Flex Launcher

     2 likes

    Flex Launcher is a customizable application launcher and front end designed with a TV-friendly 10 foot user interface, intending to mimic the look and feel of a streaming box or game console. Flex Launcher allows you to launch applications on your HTPC or couch gaming PC...

    7 Flex Launcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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  7. Fedberry icon

    Fedberry

     3 likes

    FedBerry allows people to easily install and use Fedora on the RPi2/3. FedBerry was created when Fedora did not previously support the Raspberry Pi 2/3 Model B (RPi2/3).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Fedora
    • Raspberry Pi
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  9. VortexBox icon

    VortexBox

     9 likes

    VortexBox is a free, open source (GPL v3), quick-install ISO that turns your unused computer into an easy-to-use music server/jukebox. Once VortexBox has been loaded on an unused PC, it will automatically rip CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3 tag the files , and download the cover...

    14 VortexBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Daphile icon

    Daphile

     4 likes

    The Daphile is the heart of a digital music system. Its primary focus is in storage and playback of your digital music library. It enables the best possible audio quality and future-proof flexibility by providing plug&play support for USB connected digital-to-analog...

    6 Daphile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Enna icon

    Enna

     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. EmuELEC icon

    EmuELEC

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    Retro emulation for Amlogic devices. Based on CoreELEC and Lakka with tidbits from Batocera. I just combine them with Batocera-Emulationstation and some standalone emulators (Advancemame, PPSSPP, Reicast, Amiberry and others).

    5 EmuELEC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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