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This is list of software projects or products that are third-party source ports, modified forks, or derivative work directly based on Kodi Entertainment Center (formerly XBMC Media Center), an open source media player application and entertainment platform developed by the non-profit technology consortium XBMC Foundation.
Runs on Windows, OSX, Linux, and Android. Features similar to Plex or Kodi. Closed source. Kodi Entertainment Center (formerly XBMC / Xbox Media Center) XBMC Foundation: Kodi/XBMC is royalty-free and cross-platform. The core code is written in C++ and is open-source licensed under GNU GPL v2.
Kodi has greater basic hardware requirements than traditional 2D style software applications: it needs a 3D capable graphics hardware controller for all rendering. Powerful 3D GPU chips are common today in most modern computer platforms, including many set-top boxes, and XBMC, now Kodi, was from the start designed to be otherwise very resource-efficient, for being as powerful and versatile a ...
It is free, open-source, and licensed under the GPL. Plex, a cross-platform and open source (GPL) software media player and a closed source media server and entertainment hub, available for macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, as well as mobile clients for iOS (including Apple TV (2nd generation) onwards), Android, and Windows Phone. The desktop ...
Kodi (formerly XBMC) GPL Free Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [h] Yes No Yes Yes Yes C++ Yes Yes KooRaRoo Media: Prop. Non-free [4] Yes [5] Yes [6] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C++ Yes [i] Yes LimboMedia: Prop. Free Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Java Yes Yes LXiMedia: GPL Free Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, mandatory Yes Yes Unknown C++ Yes No ...
HelixCommunity – RealNetworks Open Source development community; Jellyfin – GPL-licensed fully open-source fork of Emby; Icecast – GPL streaming media server; IIS Media Services – Extensions for the Windows IIS web server that deliver intelligent progressive downloads, Smooth Streaming, and HTTP Live Streaming
For an open-source project like Kodi to compete with the commercial products, it will probably have to simplify the process of finding and setting up add-ons. OpenELEC 5 brings Kodi closer than ever to being a plug-and-play product, but it is not quite foolproof yet.
This is a category of articles relating to software which can be freely used, copied, studied, modified, and redistributed by everyone that obtains a copy: "free software" or "open source software". Typically, this means software which is distributed with a free software license , and whose source code is available to anyone who receives a copy ...