Kodi 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad Raspberry Pi Fire TV Media Streaming Support AirPlay Automatic subtitles download Built-in Media converter ... Built-in subtitle search DNLA Server Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Jailbreak required Music Library TV Shows meta data support Video library Add a feature 1185 Like Kodi does not transcode and stream media like plex. At least not yet.... 8-) Guest • Sep 2015 • 38 agrees and 14 disagrees Disagree Agree Kodi is a media center client while Plex is a media center server. Plex is used to share content, Kodi is used to view content. Guest • Jul 2017 • 33 agrees and 12 disagrees Disagree Agree kodi is not a media server, it's a media viewer not designed to share content Guest • Nov 2017 • 19 agrees and 13 disagrees Disagree Agree As mentioned, Kodi doesn't really provide a server platform; you can do this with the experimental MySQL functionality, but it's hacky at the moment. Plex provides client applications AND a server that the client apps use - Kodi provides client applications only. Guest • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is something completely different, hence no alternative Guest • 2 days ago Disagree Agree
Emby 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... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... BSD Windows Phone iPad Self-Hosted Apple TV Kindle Fire Playstation Roku Xbox Media Streaming Chromecast support Remote Media Access Remote playback Add a feature 116 Like Very good alternative to Plex media server and free multi-user (for Plex one needs a Plex account first and a Plex pass). Guest • Oct 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Exactly like Plex, but without the central server for connections. Alos, takes longer for updating the files information for the first time. Has lot more configurations available. Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree don't need to authenticate with an outsource server, the problem emerges when a network like Iran filter the server like Iran and PLEX Guest • Feb 2017 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Universal Media Server Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. It was originally based on PS3 Media Server by shagrath. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux DNLA Server Support for Iptv Add a feature 101 Like
Stremio Media center allowing to watch movies, series, YouTube channels instantly. You can watch in HD, with subtitles, and easily cast any file to TV through DLNA, Chromecast... Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet Chromecast support Cloud sync DNLA Server Support Google Cast Add a feature 105 Like Does not play local content, only paid online content. Guest • Oct 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
OSMC 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... Free Open Source tvOS Raspberry Pi Based on Debian Add a feature 71 Like From the FAQ of the project: What is the difference between OSMC and Kodi? Kodi is a media center application and OSMC is the operating system that runs Kodi and brings it to your device. OSMC is not a fork of Kodi but rather a Linux distribution that ships Kodi as the main application. Guest • Jul 2016 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Subsonic Subsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music and video. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Windows Phone Self-Hosted Media Streaming Music Library Play local content Streaming your own media Add a feature 82 Like
Serviio 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... Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Create PlayList Media Streaming Raw Photo processing Stream audio ... Support for subtitles Add a feature 42 Like
MiniDLNA MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. It is developed by a NETGEAR employee … Free Open Source Linux DNLA Server Lightweight Add a feature 46 Like Plex is too commercial too many nags - also smart tv apps are variable SAMSUNG smart tv app hasn't worked for years :( Guest • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Overly complicated and conditional 'compiling' required. A very out-dated approach for today. Much as I hate Plex, this doesn't come close to its convenience, power, and simplicity in execution. Guest • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
Ampache Ampache is a web based audio streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device. Common... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Self-Hosted PHP Support for MPD Support for WebDAV Add a feature 39 Like Ampache is an audio server, while plex supports both audio and video (and it is heavily focused on video streaming) Guest • Feb 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Infuse Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone or iPad. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS... Freemium iPhone iPad IOS support TV Shows meta data support Add a feature 28 Like
Madsonic Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms... Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Self-Hosted Kindle Fire Dedicated Server Hosting Support for Multiple Users Multiple Account support Music Library ... Stream audio Add a feature 18 Like
younity younity is your free personal media server: Access, stream, and share all your videos, music, photos, and files from any device. Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Media Streaming Portable Remote desktop Add a feature 26 Like It's free, totally uncomplicated to setup, and requires zero knowledge of home media servers. katefox • Jan 2016 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Works as a great alternative to plex. Has an easy set up in comparison. gabeleahy • Feb 2016 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Lets me stream my movies from my computers to my iPad over LAN, WAN & P2P. brandonsearcher • Feb 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
Playon PlayOn is both browser and media server for your Windows PC which lets you magically stream your favorite shows, movies, even your personal media from your PC to your... Commercial Windows Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet ... iPad Blackberry 10 No features added Add a feature 13 Like
HomeNet Local Media Server HomeNet Local Area Network Media Server - lightweight alternative to Plex - ( HTML5 + Chromecast support ) A relatively simple, minimalist, lightweight media center... Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome OS Self-Hosted ... PHP No features added Add a feature 14 Like
MediaTomb 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... Free Open Source Mac Linux DNLA Server Media Streaming Add a feature 27 Like Discontinued Shut down per notice on homepage, but has been forked via http://alternativeto.net/software/gerbera/ See http://mediatomb.cc/
