# Kodi (open-source media player)

> Kodi is a free, open-source media player for Windows, macOS and Linux. Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. It has 21,288 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, and people use it instead of Plex.

Kodi is an award-winning free and open source software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Available as a native application for Android, Linux, BSD, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows operating systems, Kodi runs on most common processor architectures.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 21,288 |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later (open source) |
| Replaces | Plex |
| Language | C++ |
| Website | https://kodi.tv/ |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Media players |
| Latest release | 21.3-Omega (Oct 31, 2025) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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