Kodi
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2,105 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 21.3-Omega (Oct 2025).
Also an alternative to Netflix and Plex Pass.
At a glance
Kodi quick facts
- Health score
- 79/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 21,400
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 21.3-Omega, Oct 2025
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Kodi
Full rankings: Netflix alternatives, Plex Pass alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Kodi is an award-winning free and open source software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Available as a native application for Android, Linux, BSD, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows operating systems, Kodi runs on most common processor architectures."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Kodi scores 79/100, #10 of 17 in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming: 2,105 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (21.3-Omega, 12 months ago) earns 16.5 of 25, 21,400 stars add 17.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
2105 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 16.5 / 25
21.3-Omega released 12 months ago
- Stars 17.3 / 20
21k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 2105
- Last 90 days
- 4,519
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 17 tools in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming by health , between MistServer (#9) and Rygel (#11) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | C++, deb |
| Latest release | 21.3-Omega · 12 months ago |
| Stars | 21,400 |
| Open issues | 287 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | xbmc/xbmc ↗ |
Kodi vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Kodi (Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
Kodi: common questions
What does Kodi replace?
Repoly lists Kodi as an open-source alternative to Netflix and Plex Pass. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Kodi stands against the others.
Is Kodi still maintained?
Kodi had 2,105 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 21.3-Omega, is from 12 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.