20 self-hosted Emby Premiere (Emby Media Server Cloud Features) alternatives

Jellyfin is a free, self-hosted media server to organize, manage, and stream movies, TV, music, and photos to web, mobile, and TV clients.

56.2k stars5.4k forksGPL-2.0last commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Kodi is an open source media center for organizing and playing local and networked video, music, and photos with a TV-friendly interface and add-on ecosystem.

21.1k stars6.6k forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted web app for organizing, tagging, and streaming a private adult video and image library with metadata scraping, galleries, and markers.

12.9k stars1.2k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Bazarr is a Sonarr/Radarr companion that automatically searches, downloads, and upgrades subtitles for your movies and TV shows based on per-title language preferences.

4.2k stars388 forksGPL-3.0last commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.

4.1k stars183 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 21 Sept 2025Slowing down

Ampache is a web-based audio and video streaming app and file manager for accessing and streaming your organized music and video collection from almost any device.

3.8k stars605 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 20 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source TV streaming server and DVR for Linux supporting DVB/ATSC/IPTV inputs and HTSP/HTTP streaming.

3.5k stars973 forksGPL-3.0last commit 31 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Kometa is a Python tool that automates Plex metadata, builds collections and playlists, and applies overlays using configuration files and third-party metadata sources.

3.4k stars370 forksMITlast commit 16 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted IPTV channel builder that turns your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries into scheduled live TV streams with an HDHomeRun-style tuner, M3U, and web guide.

2.5k stars123 forksZliblast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Fladder is a cross-platform Jellyfin client that streams, transcodes, and downloads media for offline playback, with profile switching, library management, and adaptive UI.

2.5k stars164 forksGPL-3.0last commit 23 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Kyoo is a self-hosted video-focused media server for movies, TV series, and anime, with automatic library scanning, transcoding, and modern web/mobile clients.

2.5k stars75 forksGPL-3.0last commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted statistics app for Jellyfin, providing session monitoring, watch history, and user/library analytics with backup and autosync support.

2.5k stars97 forksMITlast commit 23 Jun 2026Actively maintained

WatchState is a self-hosted service that synchronizes watch progress and play state between Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, with backups, webhooks, and parity checks.

1.5k stars26 forksMITlast commit 20 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source self-hosted music server for collectors with flexible metadata parsing, multiple releases/versions support, music-video handling and Docker deployment.

1.4k stars39 forksGPL-3.0last commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Gerbera is an open source UPnP/DLNA media server that streams your music, photos, and videos to compatible devices on your home network, with a web UI and optional transcoding.

1.4k stars225 forkslast commit 18 Aug 2026Actively maintained

A Rust-based reverse proxy that aggregates multiple Jellyfin servers into a single unified interface with unified libraries, direct playback, and user mapping.

869 stars34 forksGPL-2.0last commit 14 Aug 2026Actively maintained

CrossWatch synchronizes watchlists, history, ratings and live scrobbles between Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and trackers like Trakt, SIMKL, AniList and MDBlist.

819 stars16 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source media management system that exposes a FUSE-based virtual filesystem, automates discovery/scraping/downloading, and integrates with Plex/Jellyfin/Emby.

817 stars104 forksGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jun 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted media management app that unifies discovery, downloading, subtitles, streaming, and live TV with built-in indexers and Docker deployment.

812 stars32 forksGPL-3.0last commit 8 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Modern self-hosted SVOD streaming platform to organize and stream MP4 media from local drives and cloud providers with metadata, playlists, GroupWatch, and AI recommendations.

499 stars54 forksGPL-3.0last commit 26 May 2025Slowing down