

You do need to spend $5 to access the Plex mobile app if you intend to watch from your phone or tablet (Unless you have Plex Pass), and Plex is not open-source. There are a lot of alternative streaming servers out there you could choose besides Plex, you may even prefer them but I have found Plex to be the best overall, with the most features. You can even share your content with as many people as you like, assuming your home server and bandwidth can handle it. This incredibly easy to use software allows you to simply connect hard drives full of movies, tv shows, and music and then organize and display it in your web browser or from an app anywhere, including smart TVs. Plex Media Server is a media organization and streaming server software you can install on any operating system. Plex is not Netflix, but it’s pretty darn similar. If you are new to home media servers, take a chance to see quickly why we are choosing Plex. If you are familiar with Plex, you can skip down below where we get started with the install.
