Plex Alternatives

Plex is described as 'Need something to watch? We’re on it. Plex combines free movies & TV with the best free streaming services, so there’s always more to discover' and is a leading Media Server in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Plex for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone apps. The best Plex alternative is Jellyfin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plex are Emby, Universal Media Server, Navidrome and Meelo.

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Plex alternatives are mainly Media Servers, but if you're looking for Media Centers or Media Players you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS, Apple TV and Self-Hosted. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Plex.
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  1. VLC Streamer icon
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    Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

    68 VLC Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
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    very good app for IOS lovers. I use it always on my ipad.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • VLC Streamer is Freemium and ProprietaryPlex is also Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Emit icon
     4 likes

    Emit can stream from a Windows/Mac/Linux machine to an android/iOS device. Videos are transcoded live and can be in any format. It supports subtitles (including mkv subtitles). The devices do not need to be in the same WLAN network, the streaming works over 3G as well.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. OpenTheatre icon
     3 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. ArkMS icon
     5 likes

    OS X Media Streaming Server.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Vidine icon
     7 likes

    Organize all your videos in one place. Adding videos is fast, easy and automatic. You can browse and get a quick overview of all your videos straight from the program regardless of where they are stored. You can start playing videos straight from the shown thumbnails.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Finer Player icon
     2 likes

    Rediscover your Jellyfin Music Library like never before with a truly native macOS experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. 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
     
  10. Jinzora Media Server is a web based media streaming and management system, allowing you to stream your music and videos to any device with a web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. 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.

    28 Gerbera alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
     
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