18 self-hosted Microsoft Windows Media Player 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

Koel is a web-based personal music streaming server with a modern player UI, multi-user support, playlists, library management, and optional mobile apps.

17.2k stars2.1k forksMITlast commit 22 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Beets is a command-line music library manager that catalogs collections and automatically fixes tags using MusicBrainz, with a powerful plugin ecosystem.

15.6k stars2.1k forksMITlast commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Mopidy is an extensible Python music server that plays local files and radio streams, and can add streaming service backends via extensions with MPD and web clients.

8.6k stars719 forksApache-2.0last commit 20 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Cross-platform terminal music player with library indexing and a built-in streaming server for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.

4.8k stars320 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 23 Mar 2026Actively maintained

Open-source Ruby on Rails music streaming server that indexes a local music directory, provides web and mobile players, playlists, multi-user accounts, and Docker deployment.

4.4k stars223 forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

MPD is a modular, network-controlled music server that streams and manages a local music collection via a protocol-enabled daemon.

2.8k stars423 forksGPL-2.0last commit 24 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

Gonic is a lightweight, self-hosted Subsonic API server for streaming your music library with transcoding, playlists, podcasts support, and multi-user access.

2.5k stars155 forksGPL-3.0last commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted Node.js music streaming server with web and mobile clients; supports FLAC/MP3, playlists, gapless playback and visualizer.

2.4k stars208 forksGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Swing Music is a fast, self-hosted web music player and streaming server for your local audio files, with playlists, search, stats, and multi-user support.

2k stars132 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 16 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source C++ music server with web UI, Subsonic API, audio transcoding, recommendations, multi-library support and playlists/lyrics features.

1.7k stars88 forksGPL-3.0last commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted ROM and game library manager that identifies titles from multiple sources, enriches metadata, and lets you play supported systems in the browser.

928 stars36 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Edit audio file metadata through a clean browser UI on headless servers, with bulk editing, smart suggestions, and album art management—no full music library stack required.

726 stars21 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 22 Jul 2025Slowing down

Plex Media Server lets you organize, stream, and access your personal movies, TV, music, and photos across devices, with rich metadata and client apps.

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Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your movies, TV, music, photos, and home videos to apps, browsers, smart TVs, and DLNA clients.

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Roon is a music library manager and multi-room audio player that combines local files with streaming services, offers rich metadata, and supports high-resolution playback to many endpoints.

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