The Best 72 VLC Streamer Alternatives

  • MediaTomb

    MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux

  • Moovida

    Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Squire

    Squire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. The brain where all the local video files or installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.

    Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad Apple TV

  • HomeNet Local Media Server

    HomeNet Local Area Network Media Server - lightweight alternative to Plex - ( HTML5 + Chromecast support ) A relatively simple, minimalist, lightweight media center for your own Windows Local Area Network (LAN).

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome OS Self-Hosted PHP

  • StreamToMe

    StreamToMe is an app for Windows, Mac OSX, and iOS that lets you stream music and video files (in a wide variety of formats) live from another computer.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows iPhone iPad

  • Pith

    Pith sits on a server or NAS. It scans your media for movies and tv shows and you access it through a modern web UI from your tablet, phone or PC. From there you can stream your media directly to any DLNA Media Renderer.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Tvmobili

    TVMOBiLi is an UPnP/DLNA media server for Mac, Windows and Linux. It streams your Videos, Music, and Photos from your computer to any Smart TV or internet enabled device in your home.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Semper Media Center

    Semper Media Center (SPMC in short) is a Android-minded fork of Kodi, by the former Kodi android maintainer, Koying.

    Free Open Source Android

  • iMediaShare

    Play videos from your mobile to your HD TV! No box, no cables, no TV apps! Just pick a video and tap to play! Any time, any place, any screen - with iMediaShare in your pocket watch favourite videos, photos and music anywhere you happen...

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

  • Flipps

    Watch the latest news, live sports events, YouTube and music videos on TV. Requires only phone/tablet and an optional connected TV. Supports Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, XBox, Chromecast... and of course your mobile screen.

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire

  • VidOn Server

    Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.

    Free Windows

  • nextPVR

    NextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV.

    Free Windows

  • Enna

    Enna is a Media Center application.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • LeonFlix

    A multi-platform desktop app for watching movies and TV shows.Leonflix is a search tool for movies and TV shows. It scrapes video/file hosting websites and has the ability to stream the videos hosted on those sites.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Jamcast

    Access your music collection from anywhere in the world! Jamcast streams all your music to Android and UPnP/DLNA connected devices. Free 14-day trial. Virtual sound card records and streams all sound on your computer.

    Commercial Windows

  • OpenPHT

    openpht is a community driven fork of plex home theater (abandoned). that's a open-source client for plex. need to install plex media server. for download releases - https://github.com/rasplex/openpht/releases

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux