Free Universal Media Server Alternatives

The best free alternative to Universal Media Server is Stremio, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Universal Media Server and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Universal Media Server are Jellyfin, Plex, Emby and Meelo.

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  1. Video Player to play video files from all kinds of source, local file, smb file on nas, webdav service, cloud driver etc.

    50 VidHub - Video Library & Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
     
  2. OpenTheatre icon
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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...

    62 OpenTheatre alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Mediora icon
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    Transform your Apple TV into a powerful media hub with Mediora. Seamlessly browse your Jellyfin media library, discover new content, and manage your entertainment collection—all from the comfort of your couch.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Apple TV
     
  4. Sofaplay icon
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    SofaPlay allows you to play media files directly from your Mac on the tv. It connects your Mac to your Smart TV and takes care of the streaming. Just drag any movie file onto SofaPlay and it will appear instantly on the big screen in front of you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Flinger.co icon
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    Flinger.co is a web app that enables interaction between just about any connected TV that has a web browser and a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Simply create a new channel on the big screen at Flinger.co.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Windows Phone
     
  6. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. DistroAV icon
     1 like

    Network audio/video in OBS-Studio using NDI technology.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OBS Studio
     
  8. Flipps icon
     8 likes

    Watch the latest news, live sports events, YouTube and music videos on TV. Requires only phone/tablet and an optional connected TV. Supports Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, XBox, Chromecast... and of course your mobile screen.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  9. SRS icon
     1 like

    SRS is a simple, high efficiency and realtime video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT and GB28181. - GitHub - ossrs/srs: SRS is a simple, high efficiency and realtime video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, SRT and GB28181.

    24 SRS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. 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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    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. iStream icon
     6 likes

    Stream allows you to stream your media onto your big TV screen with no configuration at all! Just throw in some files and iStream will do the rest! iStream supports a vast number of media formats and playback devices: From modern SmartTVs via set-top boxes or network-enabled...

    13 iStream alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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