Kodi
Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows.
Active Last commit · 4,615 commits in the past 12 months
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 21.5k
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Latest release
- 22.0rc1-Piers
2026-09-27 - Commits (12 mo)
- 4.6k
- Releases (12 mo)
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- License
- GPL-2.0
- Language / platform
- C++, deb
Maintenance health: Active
Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 4,615 commits in the past 12 months.
How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub).
Run Kodi yourself
- RAM: ~4 GB server (2 vCPU)
- Docker: not detected — install from source or packages
- Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.
- transcoding benefits from 2+ vCPU or hardware acceleration
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 4 GB | $20 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 4 GB | $24 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 4 GB | $24 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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