Plex, first started in 2007 as a better Media Center than First Row for the Mac. Now it's a client-server media player for the Mac, Windows & Linux compatibles.
Alternatives to Plex
Kodi
Since: 2002
Kodi is non-profit tech consortium that developed an open-source media player, enabling users to play movies, music videos and other digital media files. Kodi can be installed in different operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. The company…
Emby
Company: Emby LLC
Emby is a platform that helps users manage their media library. Emby’s intuitive platform is designed to play and stream video and audio to different devices and to organize a user’s media files. Among the features Emby offers are content…
Final edit: Jan Willem Beumer, editor-in-chief of Mindbogglingmedia