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ErsatzTV turns your own collection of videos and shows into a live TV channel setup, with a TV guide and streams you can watch on many devices. It is aimed at people who already have a media library and want to schedule their own channels.
Has 1 of 6 · Antenna and cable TV ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.

Tunarr lets you build your own live TV channels from movies and shows you already have on Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, or local files. It is for people who want to watch those channels in a TV guide or an IPTV app, as if they were broadcast channels.
Has 2 of 6 · Antenna and cable TV ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.

Hypnotix is a free program for watching live TV and on-demand movies and shows streamed over the internet from IPTV providers. It is for people who want one player for their TV channel and video sources on a computer.
Has 2 of 6 · Antenna and cable TV ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Tvheadend is a server that records and streams live TV from broadcast signals and internet TV sources, so it can be watched from other devices. It is aimed at people who run their own home media setup on Linux.
Has 1 of 6 · No server needed ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Threadfin takes a playlist of live TV channels from an IPTV source and makes it usable by media servers such as Plex, Emby and Jellyfin. It is aimed at people who already run one of those servers and want to add live TV to it.
Has 1 of 6 · Antenna and cable TV ✗ +2
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Nobody has changed its code in over a year. It may still work well, but help is less likely.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.