# OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv

OpenELEC - The living room PC for everyone

Repository: https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openelectv
Homepage: http://openelec.tv
Language: Makefile
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-09-02T08:46:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5767, "days_push": 3287, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1618, forks 859 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.148221+00:00)

## What it is
OpenELEC is a minimal embedded Linux distribution that turns a PC or single-board device into a Kodi-based home theater appliance. It boots directly into Kodi with a tiny footprint, read-only system, and built-in Samba and SSH services.

## Use cases
- turn an old PC into a Kodi media center
- build a set-top box HTPC appliance
- boot a living room PC straight into a media player
- run a lightweight media center on a Raspberry Pi
- share media files to the TV box over Samba

## When to choose
- you want a dedicated, fast-booting Kodi appliance with minimal OS overhead
- you have low-spec hardware and need a tiny disk and memory footprint
- you want plug-and-play media playback without maintaining a full Linux desktop

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project - it was discontinued in 2017 (successor: LibreELEC)
- you want a general-purpose Linux desktop alongside your media center
- you need modern hardware support or recent Kodi versions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: media, embedded-systems, self-hosted
- platform: embedded
- tags: htpc, kodi, media-center, appliance-os, linux-distribution, linux

## Member repositories
- OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.148221+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:49:37.370025+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.148221+00:00, sha 97eb5854901d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.