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 …
Plex Alternatives
Plex is described as 'Need something to watch? We’re on it. Plex combines free movies & TV with the best free streaming services, so there’s always more to discover' and is a leading Media Server in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Plex for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. The best Plex alternative is Jellyfin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plex are Emby, Universal Media Server, Infuse and Meelo.
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Alternatives list
30 MiniDLNA alternatives
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61 JRiver Media Center alternativesJRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.
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45 OSMC alternativesOSMC (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 storage and the Internet. OSMC is the leading media center in terms of feature set and community and is based...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
11 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.
Ever 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!
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Kindle Fire
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Astiga 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 types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
21 Plezy alternativesCross-platform media client with Flutter UI offering native performance and a visually streamlined interface, compatible with Plex and Jellyfin servers, enabling direct streaming, HDR and Dolby Vision playback, offline downloads, and minimal transcoding.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android TV
- Fire TV
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28 Finamp alternativesFinamp is a Jellyfin music player. Its main feature is the ability to download songs for offline listening.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
- F-Droid
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26 Videostream alternativesSelect any video from the Videostream extension for Google Chrome and, using the Chromecast extension, play it on your Chromecast. It's fast and simple to use. Videostream supports subtitles, MKV, AVI, MP4, playlists, and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
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Plex is too commercial too many nags - also smart tv apps are variable SAMSUNG smart tv app hasn't worked for years :(