Girens is a Plex media player client. You can watch and listen to your music, shows and movies with this GTK app.
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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OpenSource Web Media Server to browse and stream any video file format supported by ffmpeg with easy web interface for play on any platform with html5 browser, dnla or kodi plugin.
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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.
SofaPlay allows you to play media files directly from your Mac on the tv. It connects your Mac to your Smart TV and takes care of the streaming. Just drag any movie file onto SofaPlay and it will appear instantly on the big screen in front of you.
FUPPES is a free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server.
It supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and image formats. You can share any audio, image or video file type by adding it to the configuration file.
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SugarSpin is a self-hosted music player that streams your personal music collection from your NAS or any computer running Docker. It supports FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC, OPUS, AIFF, ALAC, and more. Browse by album, artist, or genre with a modern, responsive interface.
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- Freemium
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Docker Hub
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48 Kernel Media Server alternativesKernel Media Server is a powerful software that allows you to organize, stream, and enjoy your personal media collection. You can access it from any device, anywhere, and it provides high-quality streaming optimized for your network and device.
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- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
COMA Media Server is a self-hosted media platform for streaming your own movies, TV shows, music, and libraries across your devices.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Fire TV
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