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 • 32 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
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
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
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
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/
Semper Media Center Semper Media Center (SPMC in short) is a Android-minded fork of Kodi, by the former Kodi android maintainer, Koying. Free Open Source Android No features added Add a feature 8 Like For Android TV you get the best and smoothest picture Guest • Apr 2017 Disagree Agree
PS3 Media Server PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux DNLA Server Add a feature 68 Like Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed, but last version, 1.90.1, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Moovida Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media. In a world where the promise of on-demand media has yet to be realized, Moovida... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 22 Like Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.1.1, released in October 2011, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
Pith Pith sits on a server or NAS. It scans your media for movies and tv shows and you access it through a modern web UI from your tablet, phone or PC. From there you can... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 11 Like
OpenPHT OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater (abandoned). That's a open-source client for Plex. Need to install Plex Media Server. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Media Streaming Add a feature 4 Like this is not a server, its simply a client for plex server. Guest • Apr 2018 Disagree Agree
Rygel Rygel is a home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature 11 Like
Wwidd Wwidd is a lightweight video library manager with powerful tagging and search. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Video library Add a feature 8 Like
Gerbera Gerbera is a free UPnP media server forked from the now discontinued MediaTomb project. Free Open Source Windows Media Streaming Add a feature 3 Like
