Rygel Alternatives

Rygel is described as 'Home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both a UPnP AV MediaServer and MediaRenderer implemented through a plug-in mechanism' and is a Media Server in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Rygel for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Rygel alternative is Plex, which is free. Other great apps like Rygel are Universal Media Server, Infuse, Serviio and MiniDLNA.

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Rygel alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Macast icon

    Macast

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    You can copy the video link after the video is casted.
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from January 2022

    Macast Features

    1.  Support for DLNA
    2.  Streaming
    3.  Media Streaming

    Macast VS Rygel

     
  2. TwonkyServer icon

    TwonkyServer

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    Easily access and stream photos, videos, music, and more from your home network with Twonky—just like finding a movie on Netflix or a song on iTunes.

    17 TwonkyServer alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    People enjoying their media with Twonky

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for 4K
    2.  Chromecast Support
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for DLNA

    TwonkyServer VS Rygel

     

    • TwonkyServer is the most popular commercial alternative to Rygel.

    • TwonkyServer is Paid and ProprietaryRygel is Free and Open Source
    • TwonkyServer is LightweightRygel is not according to our users
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    OpenTheatre

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    It communicates with its own API written entirely using our custom built command-line web crawler designed to scrape information from trusted files, updated every day. The public web resources used are available on our open assets database, where anyone can contribute their open...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    OpenTheatre screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This app has been abandoned, but can still be downloaded from GitHub.

    OpenTheatre VS Rygel

     
  5. FUPPES icon

    FUPPES

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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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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Website is no longer available.

    FUPPES Features

    1.  Support for DLNA

    FUPPES VS Rygel

     

  6. forked-daapd

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    A re-write of the firefly media server (mt-daapd). It's released under GPLv2+. Please note that this git repository is a mirror of the official one at git://git.debian.org/~jblache/forked-daapd.git

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    forked-daapd Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  AirPlay Support
    3.  Streaming

    forked-daapd VS Rygel

     
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