Plex runs a personal media server but increasingly ties playback to its own accounts, ads and paid passes. Fully open servers give you the same library browsing and transcoding without a mandatory cloud login or a premium gate on remote streaming.
6 open-source alternatives to Plex you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
jellyfin/jellyfin
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 59,235 | C# | today |
| 2 |
xbmc/xbmc
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 21,465 | C++ | today |
| 3 |
streamaserver/streama
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 9,821 | JavaScript | 16d |
| 4 |
MediaBrowser/Emby
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 5,015 | C# | 2y |
| 5 |
Dusk-Labs/dim
|
Media Servers & Video Streaming | 4,122 | Rust | 1y |
| 6 |
gerbera/gerbera
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Media Servers & Video Streaming | 1,405 | C++ | 1d |