Kodi

Open source home theater software for all your media

About Kodi

Kodi is open source home theater software that organizes and plays your music, movies, TV shows, photos, and games through a beautiful interface on the biggest screen in the house. It supports live TV recording through popular PVR backends, a giant catalog of community add-ons, custom skins, and runs on Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, Raspberry Pi, and more.

Kodi website preview

Live preview of kodi.tv via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

Kodi: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers media center, open source, streaming, home theater — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 879 tools in the Utilities & Security category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Kodi pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	kodi.tv

Kodi key facts

Category: Utilities & Security
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: media center, open source, streaming, home theater
Official site: kodi.tv

Kodi FAQ

How much does Kodi cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (kodi.tv).

What is Kodi used for?

Open source home theater software for all your media Its focus areas in the Utilities & Security category: media center, open source, streaming, home theater.

Where can I try Kodi?

On its official site, kodi.tv — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Kodi vs alternatives

	Kodi	Jellyfin	Mopidy	OBS Studio
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	media center, open source, streaming, home theater	media server, streaming, open source	music server, streaming, self hosted, open source	streaming, screen recording, open source, live
Official site	kodi.tv	jellyfin.org	mopidy.com	obsproject.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Utilities & Security category

Password managers, cloud storage, and VPNs for everyday digital security. The Utilities & Security category on Tools Hub currently lists 879 tools. Alongside Kodi, it includes Sonarr, LanCache, OctoBot, TagSpaces.

FreeUtilities & Securitymedia-centeropen-sourcestreaminghome-theater

Alternatives to Kodi

Tools in the same Utilities & Security category that share focus areas with Kodi — worth comparing before you commit:

Utilities & Security

Jellyfin

Media server for streaming your own movies, shows and music to

Freemedia-serverstreamingopen-source

Utilities & Security

Mopidy

Extensible music server written in Python

Freemusic-serverstreamingself-hostedopen-source

Utilities & Security

OBS Studio

Free open-source software for live streaming and screen recording

Freestreamingscreen-recordingopen-sourcelive

Utilities & Security

Tube

Self-hosted, YouTube-like video sharing app written in Go

Freevideo-sharingstreaminggoopen-source

Utilities & Security

VLC

Free open-source media player that plays almost any format

Freemedia-playeropen-sourcevideostreaming

Utilities & Security

WebTorrent

Streaming torrent client for the web browser and desktop

Freetorrentp2pstreamingwebrtc

More in Utilities & Security

Comparing tools in the Utilities & Security category? These related listings are worth a look: Sonarr — PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users that automates TV downloads; LanCache — LAN party game caching made easy with Docker containers; OctoBot — Open-source crypto trading bot for automated investment strategies.