Emby Alternatives

Emby is described as 'Formerly Media Browser, is a media aggregator plugin for Media Center that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family' and is a very popular Media Center in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Emby for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Emby alternative is Jellyfin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Emby are Plex, Meelo, Universal Media Server and Infuse.

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  1. Serviio icon
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    Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.

    50 Serviio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Streama icon
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    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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    Comments about Streama as an Alternative to Emby
    lukesteward
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    Completely opensource and no freemium junk to ruin the experience

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Streama is Free and Open SourceEmby is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. OpenPHT icon
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    OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Comprehensive media manager for archiving, organizing, and playing files. It supports wireless transfer from devices, CD ripping with album art, and offers editing tools. Users can create slideshows, playlists, and burn them to optical discs, enhancing the experience with music and templates.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. Swiftfin icon
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    Swiftfin is a fast, native video player that works with Jellyfin, the open source free software media server.

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Madsonic icon
     21 likes

    Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, OSX, and Unix variants.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7. Oblecto icon
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    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.

    52 Oblecto alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Finamp icon
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    Finamp is a Jellyfin music player. Its main feature is the ability to download songs for offline listening.

    25 Finamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
     
  9. Watch, record, organize, and curate your favorite shows and movies with Channels. From your living room, second home, hotel room, or even on your commute, Channels lets you watch your personal media your way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Fire TV
    • Android TV
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  10. tvOS icon
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    Find out how your apps can take advantage of the latest features in tvOS to create immersive experiences for Apple TV.

    17 tvOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Apple TV
     
  11. TRITON icon
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    TRITON is a media pipeline that aims to go one step further than services like Jellyfin and Plex provide. Media is fetched from a magnitude of supported protocols (HTTP, S3-compatible, Usenet, etc), converted into multiple different quality levels, and then uploaded to a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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