We track 6 open-source Netflix alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Jellyfin leads on health at 99/100 with 698 commits in the last 90 days; across all 6 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.
Showing 6 of 6 tools
Top pick · highest health
Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi.
★ 57k · ⟳ today · v12.0 · GPL-2.0
Innovative media browser designed for seamless streaming of anime, series and movies, offering advanced features like dynamic transcoding, auto watch history and intelligent metadata retrieval.
★ 2.5k · ⟳ today · v5.2.1 · GPL-3.0
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
★ 21k · ⟳ today · 21.3-Omega · GPL-2.0
Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.
★ 5.1k · ⟳ yesterday · v8.4.0 · AGPL-3.0
Centralized home media playback system with a powerful central server.
⊘ Proprietary
Home media server supporting both DLNA and DIAL (Chromecast) devices out-of-the-box.
⊘ Proprietary
Jellyfin scores highest at 99/100, with 698 commits in the last 90 days, 57k GitHub stars and its latest release (v12.0) published 6 days ago. Kodi has the most raw commit activity at 1125 commits in 90 days.
None of the 6 tracked alternatives use a permissive licence; 4 are copyleft (GPL, AGPL or similar), which requires publishing changes to any modified version you distribute.
3 of 6 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Jellyfin, Kyoo, MediaCMS. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.