Roku AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Media Centers
The best Media Center alternative to Roku is Stremio, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Roku and seven of them are Media Centers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Media Center alternatives to Roku are Kodi, Universal Media Server, OSMC and Plasma Bigscreen.
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2595 likes94 Stremio alternativesVersatile media center enabling seamless streaming of films, series, and YouTube in HD with subtitle support. Cast effortlessly to TV with DLNA, Chromecast integration. Explore via add-ons like Netflix, Amazon, torrent-streaming. Enjoy media faster with smart suggestions and episode alerts across all devices...
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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1497 likes72 Kodi alternativesOpen-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.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Raspberry Pi
- Fire TV
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134 likes46 Universal Media Server alternativesUniversal Media Server is a media server capable of serving videos, audio and images to any DLNA-capable device. It supports any device capable of DLNA and runs on all major operating systems: Windows, OS X and Linux.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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82 likes44 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...
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- Free • Open Source
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- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
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13 likes14 Plasma Bigscreen alternativesPlasma Bigscreen is an open-source user interface for TV's. Running on top of a Linux distribution, Plasma Bigscreen turns your TV or setup-box into a fully hackable device. A big launcher giving you easy access to any installed apps and skills.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
- KDE
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4 likes53 Oblecto alternativesOblecto is a media server, similar to Plex, Emby, Netflix and others. It runs in the background on a home server to index your media such as movies and TV shows to make them searchable and streamable through a REST based interface.
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21 likes58 Squire alternativesSquire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. The brain where all the local video files or installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.
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- Paid • Proprietary
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- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
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