# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xbmc
Homepage: https://kodi.tv/
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: kodi, home-theater, media-center, multimedia, c-plus-plus, python, xml, android, linux, ios, macos, windows-desktop, windows-uwp, entertainment-hub, xbmc, media-player, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:17:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 22, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5721, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 306, "gap_med": 286, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 21141, forks 6588 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:30.594151+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, video-processing, audio-processing, plugin-system, streaming
- domain: media, entertainment, cross-platform, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: media-center, home-theater, htpc, media-player, skins, pvr, add-ons, entertainment-hub, android, linux, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- xbmc/xbmc (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.594151+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 2026-08-29T16:58:29.421562+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.594151+00:00, sha 02c6ca8323b7)
  - homepage: https://kodi.tv/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.835475+00:00, sha 636f8b84d50d)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/about (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.840286+00:00, sha 33f880e9c7bb)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/sponsors (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.842087+00:00, sha 508f681bd6f0)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/software (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.843875+00:00, sha 28fa89e87dba)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/contact (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.845539+00:00, sha 1c7f019077c0)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/about/foundation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.850462+00:00, sha 0a7813af13c0)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/addons (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.838378+00:00, sha ed196ddb160d)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-beta-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.847169+00:00, sha c06e2f7bcdae)
  - site_page: https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-alpha-3 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:10.848777+00:00, sha f35a6e5523aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.