Alternatives to Netflix in 2026

Jellyfin jellyfin

The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API

Complete system Production-ready You want Plex or Emby features without accounts, subscriptions or a vendor cloud.

★ 59k GPL-2.0 C# Active, pushed 2 days ago

Navidrome navidrome

🎧 Your Personal Streaming Service

Complete system Production-ready You own a music library and want Spotify-style access to it from any device.

★ 24k GPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed today

Audiobookshelf advplyr

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

Complete system Production-ready You own audiobook files or follow podcasts and want them streamed to your phone with synced progress.

★ 15k GPL-3.0 JavaScript Active, pushed yesterday

Streama streamaserver

Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/

Complete system Usable You want a simple home video library and prefer it over Jellyfin's breadth.

★ 9.8k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 7 days ago

TubeArchivist tubearchivist

Your self hosted YouTube media server

Complete system Usable You want to keep a searchable offline copy of YouTube channels you follow.

★ 8.6k GPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 9 days ago

CloudFlare-ImgBed MarSeventh

🏖️ A serverless, open-source file hosting solution built on Cloudflare. Supports image hosting, secure file storage, and personal cloud drive capabilities.

Complete system Usable You want your own image and file hosting for a blog or project on Cloudflare's free tier.

★ 6.9k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed today

Node-Media-Server illuspas

A Node.js implementation of RTMP/HTTP-FLV Media Server

Building block Usable You need a simple self-hosted RTMP ingest and playback server in a Node.js stack.

★ 6.2k Apache-2.0 JavaScript Active, pushed 3 days ago

Seanime 5rahim

Open-source media server with a web interface and desktop app for anime and manga.

Complete system Usable You watch anime from your own library and want AniList tracking built in.

★ 4.3k GPL-3.0 Go Active, pushed 19 days ago

Nginx-http-flv-module winshining

A media streaming server based on nginx-rtmp-module. In addtion to the features nginx-rtmp-module provides, HTTP-FLV, GOP cache, VHosts (one IP for multi domain names) and JSON style statistics are supported now.

Building block Production-ready You run live streaming on nginx and need low-latency HTTP-FLV for web players.

★ 2.9k BSD-2-Clause C Active, pushed yesterday

TubeSync meeb

Syncs YouTube channels and playlists to a locally hosted media server

Complete system Usable You want selected YouTube channels to appear automatically in your home media server.

★ 2.8k AGPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed today

UniversalMediaServer UniversalMediaServer

A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(S) Media Server.

Complete system Production-ready You want to play files from your PC on smart TVs and consoles without installing apps on them.

★ 2.7k GPL-2.0 Java Active, pushed today

Xiu harlanc

A simple,high performance and secure live media server in pure Rust (RTMP[cluster]/RTSP/WebRTC[whip/whep]/HTTP-FLV/HLS).🦀

Building block Usable You need a small, self-hosted live streaming server with WebRTC support.

★ 2.3k MIT Rust Active, pushed 17 days ago

Mediary Scout fancydirty

巡影 · 开源 AI 影视自动追更与多网盘媒体库整理工具 / Open-source AI agent for cloud drive media tracking & NAS (夸克 Quark / UC / 115 / 123 / 光鸭 Guangya / 天翼 Tianyi)

Complete system Experimental You use Chinese cloud drives as a media library and want new episodes collected automatically.

★ 1.7k 0BSD TypeScript Active, pushed today

Halcyon Video halcyon-video

Your Jellyfin or Plex library as a walkable 1990s video rental store, self-hosted

Complete system Experimental You run Jellyfin or Plex and want a nostalgic, playful way to browse your collection.

★ 962 GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today

fnOS Apps conversun

飞牛 fnOS NAS 第三方应用商店 — 175 款自托管应用的 .fpk 安装包 | Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, qBittorrent, Immich, Sonarr, Radarr, Vaultwarden, ZeroClaw AI, OpenClaw 等 | 每日自动同步上游版本

Integration Usable You run fnOS on a home NAS and want more apps than the official store offers.

★ 891 GPL-3.0 Shell Active, pushed today

Oryx ossrs

Oryx (SRS Stack) is an AI-driven, all-in-one, out-of-the-box, and open-source video solution for creating online video services, including live streaming and WebRTC, in the cloud or through self-hosting.

Complete system Usable You want a ready-made self-hosted live streaming setup without wiring SRS, FFmpeg and a UI together yourself.

★ 890 MIT Go Active, pushed 11 days ago

Pulsarr jamcalli

Pulsarr: Real-time Plex watchlist monitoring and content acquisition tool. Seamlessly sync Plex watchlists with Sonarr and Radarr, featuring intelligent predicated content routing, multi-instance support, Discord, and Apprise notifications. Automate your media library management with a modern, user-friendly interface.

Integration Usable You run Plex with Sonarr and Radarr and want watchlists to drive requests automatically.

★ 760 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today

Kawaii-Player kanishka-linux

Multimedia player, media library manager and portable media server with PC-To-PC casting feature.

Complete system Usable You use Linux and want a player that can also serve and cast your library to other PCs.

★ 714 GPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 2 months ago

NSMusicS Super-Badmen-Viper

NSMusicS NineSong Cloud-Native Music Server/ Full platform Client，support navidrome, jellyfin, emby

Complete system Usable You run a self-hosted music server and want a single player across desktop and other platforms.

★ 2.2k AGPL-3.0 Vue Slowing, pushed 4 months ago

Telegram Stremio weebzone

A powerful, self-hosted Telegram Stremio Media Server built with FastAPI, MongoDB, and PyroFork — seamlessly integrated with Stremio for automated media streaming and discovery.

Integration Experimental You keep your own videos in Telegram channels and want to watch them through Stremio.

★ 669 GPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 6 days ago

Nixflix kiriwalawren

NixOS Media Server Configuration

Template or starter Usable You run NixOS and want your whole media stack defined in configuration.

★ 611 MPL-2.0 Nix Active, pushed 2 days ago

SmolRTSP OpenIPC

A lightweight real-time streaming library for IP cameras

Building block Usable You write firmware for a camera or embedded device that must stream video over RTSP.

★ 511 MIT C Active, pushed 2 months ago

Superstreamer superstreamerapp

An open, scalable, online streaming setup. All-in-one toolkit from ingest to adaptive video playback. Built for developers in need of video tooling.

Complete system Usable You need your own video-on-demand pipeline from upload to adaptive playback without paying a video API vendor.

★ 1.5k MPL-2.0 TypeScript Slowing, pushed 9 months ago

Midarr-server midarrlabs

🔥Midarr, the minimal lightweight media server.

Complete system Usable You already run Radarr and Sonarr and want a lighter front end than Plex or Jellyfin for a few users.

★ 1.4k MIT Elixir Slowing, pushed 8 months ago

Openinary openinary

The self-hostable alternative to Cloudinary

Complete system Experimental You want Cloudinary-style image transformations without paying per transformation.

★ 424 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 29 days ago

Lunarr-go lunarr-app

Self-hosted media streaming server designed as an alternative to Plex, allowing you to monitor and manage your movie and TV show files on a headless server.

Complete system Experimental You want a lighter Plex alternative and are fine with a smaller project.

★ 386 Apache-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 6 days ago

OpenAver slive777

Free open-source desktop app that scrapes JAV metadata and generates NFO + cover art for Jellyfin, Emby & Kodi. No Docker, no CLI — one-click install on Windows & macOS. 8 built-in sources + optional Metatube federation (30+ providers), actress collections, cross-language tag aliases, and a REST API for AI agents.

Complete system Experimental You organise that specific kind of local collection for a home media server.

★ 344 MIT Python Active, pushed today

K7 kaybi-gh

Self-hosted media server for a small circle of family and friends.

Complete system Experimental You want a simple .NET-based media server for a few people and like trying new projects.

★ 343 AGPL-3.0 C# Active, pushed today

Atm0s-media-server 8xFF

Decentralized, Global-Scale Media Server written in Rust (WebRTC/Whip/Whep/Rtmp/Sip)

Building block Experimental You are building real-time video or voice features and want to experiment with a distributed SFU.

★ 330 MIT Rust Active, pushed today

VortX VortXTV

Native streaming for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Apple-silicon Mac, with an Android phone/TV preview. Encrypted account sync, add-ons and personal media.

Complete system Experimental You use Stremio add-ons and want a native Apple TV player.

★ 252 GPL-3.0 Swift Active, pushed today

Plex Plex, Inc.

Streaming service and media server

Complete system Production-ready You have a home media library and want polished apps on every device with little setup.

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Emby Emby LLC

Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your own videos, music, photos, and live TV to your devices.

Complete system Production-ready You want a self-hosted media server with less dependence on a vendor cloud than Plex, and live TV recording.

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