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  1. Jellyfin icon
     332 likes

    Free open-source media system alternative to proprietary options, supports Chromecast, 4K streaming, plugin extensions, with privacy focus.

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • Tizen OS
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
    • Kodi
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
    • Cloudron
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    4.7
    Excellent28 reviews
  2. Meelo icon
     14 likes

    A self-hosted music server with features like music video access, B-Side identification, song version browsing, and extensive format support via transcoding.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  3. Universal 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Xbox 360 Ps3 and SmartTv
    PS4 and Chromecast Support
    47 alternatives
    3.3
    Fair7 reviews
  4. MediaGoblin icon
     99 likes

    MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm
    A User profile and their corresponding galleries
    View of an audio file
    View of an PDF presentation
    +2
    View of an 3D Model
    58 alternatives
  5. Streama icon
     14 likes

    Ever had a huge bookshelf full of shows and movies? Ever wanted to digitalize them, but didn't have a good way of organizing the files? Worry no more! Streama is your own personal Netflix for just such a purpose!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Admin Panel
    Watch your favourite digitised series from the convert of your own server!
    +3
    Create shows from the awesome list of movies on TMDB
    25 alternatives
  6. MiniDLNA icon
     48 likes

    MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. It is developed by a NETGEAR employee …

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Termux
    • Terminal
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    30 alternatives
  7. PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    GUI
    GUI
    34 alternatives
  8. Oblecto icon
     4 likes

    Oblecto 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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. MediaTomb icon
     28 likes

    MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    30 alternatives
  10. netjukebox icon
     7 likes

    netjukebox is a web-based media jukebox for MPD, VideoLAN and Winamp/httpQ. It features real-time MP3 streaming from different audio formats. Download single tracks or a whole album in one zip file. It is also possible to batch transcode the whole music collection to another...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Login
    Search
    Artist
    +3
    Album
    30 alternatives
  11. Airsonic icon
     9 likes

    Airsonic is a Free and Open Source community driven media server which allows you to stream, transcode, manage, and share your personal audio from anywhere via an HTML web browser or any number of apps (available for both iOS & Android).

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. MythTV icon
     83 likes

    MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. With its plugin architecture, MythTV can be transformed into a home media center suite, capable of managing your personal photo, video, and music collections...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    42 alternatives
  13. MistServer icon
     7 likes

    Streaming media toolkit designed for efficiency, wide support (HLS, DASH, FLV, RTMP, SRT, WebRTC, more), crash-resistant architecture and ultra-low latency. Numerous integration options making it ideal for building custom solutions.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    16 alternatives
  14. uShare is a UPnP (TM) A/V & DLNA Media Server. It implements the server component that provides UPnP media devices with information on available multimedia files. uShare uses the built-in http server of libupnp to stream the files to clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    29 alternatives
  15. Rygel icon
     12 likes

    Rygel is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Rygel media-server preferences dialog
    18 alternatives
  16. Gerbera icon
     6 likes

    Gerbera is a free UPnP media server forked from the now discontinued MediaTomb project. It's highly compatible and works with many devices including TVs, Playstation, Android & iOS phones and tablets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    28 alternatives
  17. AudioStreamer icon
     7 likes

    AudioStreamer is a free web-based audio streamer which gives you easy access to your music. It turns your PC in a streaming webserver. So you can listen to your music from everywhere and on any device(tablet, desktop, smartphone, ...) with a webbrowser..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    36 alternatives
  18. Macast icon
     2 likes

    A menu bar application using mpv as DLNA Media Renderer. You can push videos, pictures or musics from your mobile phone to your computer.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    You can copy the video link after the video is casted.
    Select a third-party player plugin.
    29 alternatives
  19. Tubesync icon
     1 like

    TubeSync is a PVR (personal video recorder) for YouTube. Or, like Sonarr but for YouTube (with a built-in download client). It is designed to synchronize channels and playlists from YouTube to local directories and update your media server once media is downloaded.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    TubeSync Dashboard: 

The TubeSync Dashboard offers a streamlined way to access quick details on downloads. Users can easily gain insights into their download activities.
    Video thumbnails offer a sleek GUI for enhanced user experience.
    4 alternatives
  20. Flumotion icon
     4 likes

    Flumotion is a leader in online video and audio technology. The multiple award-winning services include an Online Video Platform and Online Radio Platform that maximize content monetization and return on investment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    14 alternatives
  21. CoreELEC icon
     3 likes

    CoreELEC is a ‘Just enough OS’ Linux distribution for running Kodi® on popular Amlogic hardware. CoreELEC is a fork of the LibreELEC project with a stronger focus on Amlogic hardware and the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Kodi
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  22. FUPPES icon
     2 likes

    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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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    23 alternatives