Alternatives to Plex
Plex is a popular software application. Here you can find self-hosted alternatives that offer similar functionality while giving you more control over your data and privacy.
Found 22 self-hosted alternatives
Atsumeru
Manga/comic/light novel media server with clients for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.
Webtor
Web-based torrent client with instant audio/video streaming.
MeTube
Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support. Allows downloading videos from dozens of websites. `AGPL-3.0` `Python/Nodejs/Docker`.
Watcharr
Add and track all the shows and movies you are watching. Comes with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very simple setup.
Ampache
Web based audio/video streaming application.
Beets
Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger.
gonic
Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible. `GPL-3.0` `Go/Docker`.
LMS
Access your self-hosted music using a web interface. `GPL-3.0` `Docker/deb/C++`.
moOde Audio
Audiophile-quality music playback for the wonderful Raspberry Pi family of single board computers.
mpd
Daemon to remotely play music, stream music, handle and organize playlists. Many clients available.
Navidrome Music Server
Modern Music Server and Streamer, compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.
Supysonic
Python implementation of the Subsonic server API. `AGPL-3.0` `Python/deb`.
cmyflix
Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video. `AGPL-3.0` `C/deb`.
Jellyfin
Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi.
Kodi
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
Kyoo
Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval.
Rygel
Rygel is a UPnP AV MediaServer that allows you to easily share audio, video, and pictures. Media player software may use Rygel to become a MediaRenderer that may be controlled remotely by a UPnP or DLNA Controller.
Stash
A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support.
Rapidbay
Self-hosted torrent videostreaming service/torrent client that allows searching and playing videos from torrents in the browser or from a Chromecast/AppleTV/Smart TV. `MIT` `Python/Docker`.
Mediagoblin
Media publishing platform that anyone can run.
PhotoPrism
Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures.
SPIS
A simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support. `GPL-3.0` `Docker/Rust`.