The Best 40 Universal Media Server Alternatives

  • Rygel

    Rygel is a home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Ushare uPnP media server

    uShare is a UPnP (TM) A/V & DLNA Media Server. It implements the server component that provides UPnP media devices with information on available multimedia files....

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Flinger.co

    Flinger.co is a web app that enables interaction between just about any connected TV that has a web browser and a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Simply create a new...

    Free Android Chrome OS Web Windows Phone

  • iStream

    Stream allows you to stream your media onto your big TV screen with no configuration at all! Just throw in some files and iStream will do the rest! iStream supports a...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Maraschino

    I wanted a simple web interface to act as a nice overview/front page for my XBMC HTPC. I couldn't find anything that suited my requirements so I created something...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux XBMC Media Center

  • MediaLink

    Your PlayStation 3 has been craving the media on your Mac. Finally, complete Macintosh and Playstation 3 integration is upon us. Enjoying your media through the...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • ArkMS

    - Meet Arkuda’ products family on Mac! 2.5+ millions users worldwide. - The only application to stream all your media from your Mac to HD TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC...

    Commercial

  • Sofaplay

    SofaPlay allows you to play media files directly from your Mac on the tv. It connects your Mac to your Smart TV and takes care of the streaming. Just drag any movie file...

    Freemium Mac OS X

  • FUPPES

    FUPPES is a free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server. It supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • OpenTheatre

    Search movies, series, anime, subtitles, torrents and archives from open directories.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • VLC Streamer

    Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

    Freemium

  • Wondershare DreamStream

    Stream all of your media from your Windows PC and tablet, directly to your TV, via your Google Chromecast, Roku 1, 2, 3, Xbox and Apple TV.

    Freemium Windows

  • Gerbera

    gerbera is a free upnp media server forked from the now discontinued mediatomb project.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Llink

    llink is a media streamer that lets you play movies, view online trailers, browse images or play music over a network using the http protocol. It has limited UPnP and...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • EyeConnect

    EyeConnect software enables your UPnP™ AV digital media device to stream EyeTV recordings, digital photos, music and movies from your Mac onto your TV or stereo. ...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Chrometizer

    Make your local videos Google Cast friendly.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • forked-daapd

    A re-write of the firefly media server (mt-daapd). It's released under GPLv2+. Please note that this git repository is a mirror of the official one at...

    Free Open Source Linux BSD