Swiftfin is a fast, native video player that works with Jellyfin, the open source free software media server.
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Free Plex Alternatives
The best free alternative to Plex is Jellyfin, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Plex and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Plex are Emby, Universal Media Server, Meelo and Infuse.
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Plex alternatives are mainly Media Servers, but if you're looking for Media Centers or Media Players you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Apple TV, Android, Open Source, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and iPhone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Plex.
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34 PS3 Media Server alternativesPS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.
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- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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20 Findroid alternativesFindroid is a third-party Android application for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Android
- F-Droid
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- 8 Zappity alternatives
Ultimate Media Center for Dune HD players.
Zappity allows you to collect information for all moves, and create good looking navigation interface through your movies collection.
This interface is accessible on your computer screen and in the player on your TV screen.
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Stream all of your media from your Windows PC and tablet, directly to your TV, via your Google Chromecast, Roku 1, 2, 3, Xbox and Apple TV.
20 Airsonic alternativesAirsonic is a Free and Open Source community driven media server which allows you to stream, transcode, manage, and share your personal audio from anywhere via an HTML web browser or any number of apps (available for both iOS & Android).
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42 MythTV alternativesMythTV 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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Play videos from your mobile to your HD TV! No box, no cables, no TV apps! Just pick a video and tap to play!
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
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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.
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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13 mStream alternativesmStream is a suite of open source software that lets you sync and stream your music between all your devices.
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