JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United States
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Plex Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to Plex is Kodi, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Jellyfin, Emby, Universal Media Server and Infuse. Media Servers like Plex are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone.
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Alternatives list
- 67 JRiver Media Center alternatives
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- PHP
- Cloudron
Germany
EU
+5
109 Subsonic alternativesSubsonic 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 music while at work. You can stream to multiple players simultaneously, for instance to one player in your kitchen...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Windows Phone
- Self-Hosted
Norway
+7
57 Serviio alternativesServiio 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, games console) on your home network.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
12 LibreELEC alternativesLibreELEC 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Germany
- EU
31 Streama alternativesEver had a huge bookshelf full of shows and movies? Ever wanted to digitalize them, but didn't have a good way of organizing the files? Worry no more! Streama is your own personal Netflix for just such a purpose!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Germany
- EU
+3
Combines movies, series, and live TV from Plex, Jellyfin, M3U, and Xtream into one app with unified search, a rich live TV guide, offline downloads, full playback controls, parental restrictions, iCloud sync, profile security, and advanced 4K and Dolby support.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
Denmark- EU
+5
12 OpenELEC alternativesOpen Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small Linux based Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a Kodi (previously XBMC) media center.
Platforms
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Kindle Fire
+4
20 nextPVR alternativesNextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Docker
+1
40 Astiga alternativesAstiga is a music streaming service for your own music. Easily play back the music that is stored on your cloud service, directly in your browser or on your phone.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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