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Kodi

Open-source home theater and media center

Media Servers ★ 21.1k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Kodi is an open-source media center application for playing and organizing local and network media on a TV-friendly interface. It targets users building a home theater PC. It runs natively on many platforms rather than as a server.

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Key features

  • TV-friendly 10-foot interface
  • Huge add-on ecosystem
  • Plays virtually any format
  • Runs on many devices

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Extremely flexible
  • Massive add-on library
  • Long-standing project

Trade-offs

  • Player not a true server
  • Setup can be fiddly

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