Kodi and Plex share a similar lineage, but have diverged into distinct home media server options. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

For the past year or so, popular media home server software Plex has been working on a new version of the Plex Media Player (PMP) client software for Windows. Now that client software is free for ...

If you run your own media server, you've likely weighed up the pros and cons of Kodi and Plex. Normally, you'd run one or the other, but some enterprising developers have fused the two, creating third ...

I loved using Plex to stream all my media and had it installed on our primary network-attached storage (NAS) enclosure for years, but the added bloat and introduction of streaming from other sources ...

Kodi is a popular, open source, cross-platform media center application that started its life as XBMC, a project aimed at turning the original Xbox game console into a media server for your TV. These ...

Emby is another media server and player which allows you to bring all of your home videos, music, and photos together into one place. Your personal Emby Server automatically converts and streams your ...

A highly-regarded media browser and playback tool, Plex Media Player, has exited subscriber-only status, and is now free for Mac users. With the update, the Plex Media Player also has been given a ...