Open source alternatives to Plex
2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Plex does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Plex does
- Stream your own media librarycore
- Organized library with metadata and artworkcore
- Apps on TVs, phones and the web
- Share libraries with friends and family
- Transcoding for any device
- Live TV and DVR
- Remote access outside home
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
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 jellyfinMedia server backend and API for streaming your own movies and music |
Replaces it83% | 59k+247 | 19 days ago | 72% | Needs a server | GPL-2.0 | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Remote access outside home. Not shown: Transcoding for any device.See the evidence
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 K7Self-hosted media server for family and friends, built on ASP.NET Core |
Replaces it78% | 348+2 | 8 days ago | 83% | Needs a server | AGPL-3.0 | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Not shown: Live TV and DVR; Remote access outside home.See the evidence
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