Plex AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Players

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   Kodi

    1572 likes

   Open-source media player compatible with Linux, Mac, Windows, Xbox, and iOS, designed for home theater PCs. Customizable with themes, supports 4K, audio and video formats, streaming, privacy-focused operations, and extensible with plugins.

   114 Kodi alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Media Center

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2009

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • Android Tablet
   • Xbox
   • Apple TV
   • +6 more

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Kodi vs Plex Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Mar 5, 2019

   Kodi has way more functionalities than Plex

   Negative comment by fPortal · Sep 18, 2018

   It is not a media server. It is a player.

   Negative comment by Guest · Sep 16, 2018

   It's a media centre, not a media server.

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   • Kodi is Free and Open SourcePlex is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Kodi is a Media Player Plex is a Media Center
   • Kodi is Privacy focusedPlex is not according to our users
2. 

   

   Meelo

    17 likes

   A versatile self-hosted music server offering music video access, B-Side and rare track identification, extensive format support via transcoding, and detailed metadata parsing. Additional features include automatic 'featuring' detection, song version browsing, and genre retrieval through platforms like MusicBrainz.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Server

   Since

   • Since 2025

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • Docker

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   Music Assistant

    16 likes

   Turn your Home Assistant instance into a jukebox, hassle free streaming of your favorite media to Home Assistant media players.

   12 Music Assistant alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Since

   • Since 2024

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker

   • Switzerland

   

   

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5. 

   

   OSMC

    81 likes

   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 storage and the Internet. OSMC is the leading media center in terms of feature set and community and is based...

   47 OSMC alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Center
   • Audio Player

   Since

   • Since 2015

   Platforms

   • Apple TV
   • Raspberry Pi

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 6, 2016

   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.

   Negative comment by Guest · Nov 26, 2017

   totally different piece of software

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   • OSMC is Free and Open SourcePlex is Freemium and Proprietary
6. 

   

   MediaChips

    20 likes

   MediaChips is a desktop app for organizing local media libraries. It helps you tag, filter, preview, and browse videos, images, audio, and text files that already live on your disks or NAS — with no accounts, no cloud, and no data collection.

   54 MediaChips alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Manager
   • Media Player

   Since

   • Since 2021

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Docker

   

   

   

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8. 

   

   JRiver Media Center

    42 likes

   JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.

   73 JRiver Media Center alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2009

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

   

   +1

   

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9. 

   

   Ampache

    62 likes

   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.

   123 Ampache alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2010

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • PHP
   • Cloudron

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

   +5

   

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   Ampache vs Plex Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Feb 25, 2018

   Ampache is an audio server, while plex supports both audio and video (and it is heavily focused on video streaming)

   Negative comment by Guest · Aug 7, 2021

   Ampache is an audio server only, which is only a small subset of what Plex does, and not even Plex's primary focus.

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   • Ampache is Free and Open SourcePlex is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Ampache is a Music Streaming Plex is a Media Center
10. 

    

    LibreELEC

     24 likes

    LibreELEC 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.

    12 LibreELEC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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    OpenELEC

     55 likes

    Open 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.

    12 OpenELEC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Center
    • Media Player

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi

    

    

    

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    Madsonic

     21 likes

    Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, OSX, and Unix variants.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Music Streaming
    • Audio Player

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire

    

    

    

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13. 

    

    Astiga

     12 likes

    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 typeApplication types

    • Music Streaming
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    • United Kingdom

    

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    Finamp

     8 likes

    Finamp 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

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Flathub
    • OpenAPK

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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