Plex Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Plex for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Jellyfin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Plex and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Plex are Emby, Universal Media Server, Serviio and MediaChips.

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Plex alternatives are mainly Media Servers, but if you're looking for Media Centers or Audio Players you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Open Source, Apple TV, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and Self-Hosted. 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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  1. 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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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Macast icon
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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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. FUPPES icon
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    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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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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