Kodi
Award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software for playing and organizing digital media across multiple platforms.
What is Kodi?
Kodi is a free and open-source media player and entertainment hub designed to organize and play digital media across various platforms. It transforms devices into home theater systems by supporting a wide range of audio/video formats, network streaming, and automated library management with metadata. Originally developed in 2003, it serves as a versatile solution for personal media collections and streaming.
Home theater enthusiasts, media collectors, and users looking to centralize their digital media playback on devices like HTPCs, computers, or mobile platforms. It's also suitable for developers interested in contributing to or extending a large open-source multimedia project.
Developers and users choose Kodi for its comprehensive feature set, cross-platform availability, and strong community-driven development. Its powerful skinning engine and extensive add-on ecosystem allow for high customization, while its non-profit, open-source nature ensures transparency and freedom from commercial constraints.
Overview
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.
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