xbmc/xbmc
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. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 22
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 286
- age_days: 5721
- days_rel: 306
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
21141 stars · 6588 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Kodi is a free and open-source home theater/media center application that plays virtually all audio and video formats from local, network, and internet sources. It features a 10-foot UI with a powerful skinning engine, an extensive add-on ecosystem, library management with artwork, PVR/live TV support, and game emulation.
Use cases
- play movies and TV shows from my local media collection with artwork and metadata
- turn a Raspberry Pi or HTPC into a home theater media center
- stream media from network storage or the internet to my TV
- watch and record live TV with a PVR backend like Tvheadend
- organize my music library with playlists and visualizations
- control my media player remotely from a phone or web browser
- customize the look of my media center with skins and add-ons
When to choose
- you want a free, cross-platform media center with a TV-friendly interface
- you need broad format support and network streaming out of the box
- you want an extensible platform with a large add-on and skin ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight background media server rather than a full playback UI (use Plex/Jellyfin server or Emby instead)
- you expect the software to provide media content - Kodi ships none and disallows pirated sources
- you need a simple mobile-first video player rather than a 10-foot couch interface
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui video-processing audio-processing plugin-system streaming media entertainment cross-platform self-hosted windows cross-platform media-center home-theater htpc media-player skins pvr add-ons entertainment-hub android linux macos ios
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc · fetched 2026-08-28 · 02c6ca8323b7
- homepage: https://kodi.tv/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 636f8b84d50d
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 33f880e9c7bb
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/sponsors · fetched 2026-08-29 · 508f681bd6f0
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/software · fetched 2026-08-29 · 28fa89e87dba
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/contact · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1c7f019077c0
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/foundation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0a7813af13c0
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/addons · fetched 2026-08-29 · ed196ddb160d
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-beta-1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · c06e2f7bcdae
- site_page: https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-alpha-3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · f35a6e5523aa
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xbmc/xbmc | main | 72 |
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