Emby
Personal media server for your movies and shows
Emby is a media server that brings together personal video, music, and photo libraries with apps across platforms. It targets users who want a refined media server with optional premium features. It is deployed via Docker or native packages.
Key features
- Cross-platform client apps
- Live TV and DVR support
- Parental controls
- Hardware transcoding with Premiere
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Polished interface
- Good device coverage
- Stable and mature
Trade-offs
- Core became closed source
- Best features need Emby Premiere
Emby replaces
Compare Emby
28 head-to-head comparisons.
- Emby vs Jellyfin
- Emby vs qBittorrent
- Emby vs SRS
- Emby vs Navidrome
- Emby vs Kodi
- Emby vs Koel
- Emby vs Jackett
- Emby vs Beets
- Emby vs PeerTube
- Emby vs Transmission
- Emby vs Stash
- Emby vs Stremio Web
- Emby vs Streama
- Emby vs Tautulli
- Emby vs Ombi
- Emby vs Dim
- Emby vs Plex
- Emby vs Universal Media Server
- Emby vs Gonic
- Emby vs Kyoo
- Emby vs Fladder
- Emby vs Reiverr
- Emby vs Gerbera
- Emby vs Stremio Server
- Emby vs Olaris
- Emby vs MiniDLNA
- Emby vs Rygel
- Emby vs tinyMediaManager
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