We track 5 open-source Plex Pass alternatives, of which 3 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Jellyfin leads on health at 99/100 with 698 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between GPL-2.0, ⊘ Proprietary.
Showing 5 of 5 tools
Top pick · highest health
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.
★ 57k · ⟳ today · v12.0 · GPL-2.0
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
★ 21k · ⟳ today · 21.3-Omega · GPL-2.0
UPnP Media Server, which allows you to stream your digital media throughout your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.
★ 1.4k · ⟳ yesterday · v3.2.1 · GPL-2.0
Home media server supporting both DLNA and DIAL (Chromecast) devices out-of-the-box.
⊘ Proprietary
Centralized home media playback system with a powerful central server.
⊘ Proprietary
Jellyfin scores highest at 99/100, with 698 commits in the last 90 days, 57k GitHub stars and its latest release (v12.0) published 6 days ago. Kodi has the most raw commit activity at 1125 commits in 90 days.
None of the 5 tracked alternatives use a permissive licence; 3 are copyleft (GPL, AGPL or similar), which requires publishing changes to any modified version you distribute.
2 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Jellyfin, Gerbera. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.