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CoreELEC VS Plex

Compare CoreELEC VS Plex and see what are their differences

CoreELEC logo CoreELEC

A lightweight OS for Kodi

Plex logo Plex

Free movies and TV plus all your personal media libraries on every device. Master your Mediaverse.
  • CoreELEC Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-12-18
  • Plex Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-22

CoreELEC videos

CoreELEC running on Beelink GT-King

More videos:

  • Review - WHAT IS COREELEC ? A MINOR FORK OF LIBREELEC FOR AMLOGIC DEVICES

Plex videos

PLEX Media Server Review - What is Plex?

More videos:

  • Review - Free Movies And TV With Plex Review 2020
  • Demo - Plex Review - 🚫WAIT🚫DON'T BUY WITHOUT WATCHING THIS DEMO FIRST🔥

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to CoreELEC and Plex)
Media Player
26 26%
74% 74
Video & Movies
0 0%
100% 100
Video
100 100%
0% 0
Watch Movies Online
40 40%
60% 60

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare CoreELEC and Plex

CoreELEC Reviews

The 10 Best Immutable Linux Distributions in 2024
Some distributions are tailored for specific use cases, like IoT (Ubuntu Core), container orchestration (RancherOS), or media centers (CoreELEC). The suitability of each distribution for its intended purpose was a significant factor, ensuring that users get the best experience for their specific needs.

Plex Reviews

10 Best Kodi Alternatives You Should Use (2023)
Plex is one of the most competitive alternatives to Kodi. With almost the same features, plex is a considerable media player. It is better than Kodi in some ways, like it works on the server-client model. The interface is more robust and better than Kodi. But many features can only be accessed in the premium model.
Source: techdator.net
Reelgood vs. JustWatch vs. Plex: Battle of the streaming guides
Linking from Plex to other apps is also inconsistent across platforms. It doesn’t work at all on Fire TV (even though it did at launch), and I had trouble linking out from Peacock and Paramount+ on a Chromecast with Google TV. Plex’s Apple TV app fared better overall, but linking to Paramount+ content still didn’t work.

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Plex seems to be a lot more popular than CoreELEC. While we know about 649 links to Plex, we've tracked only 17 mentions of CoreELEC. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

CoreELEC mentions (17)

  • Are there any decent android tv boxes that can power a 2tb hard drive and can install core elec to rom?
    It's a lite version of kodi like libreelec https://coreelec.org/ It does have a list of chipsets it's compatible with but wondered if anyone on here was using it with an android box without any issues. Source: 10 months ago
  • How many widgets are you running with Arctic Horizon 2?
    Coreelec on the Beelink GT King 2 and Khadas VIM4 was about 40s but still acceptable. Source: about 1 year ago
  • 4K Remux and dolby atmos and DTS X - which media player to install?
    TV's won't output multichannel lossless audio, only compressed audio codecs or stereo PCM. You need an external device for multichannel lossless audio. The Shield TV, tube or pro, is the only Android TV device that will output multichannel lossless audio. The Fire TV Cube 3rd Gen or a custom CoreELEC box are other options that will also do this. The CoreELEC box is the cheapest solution but requires some... Source: about 1 year ago
  • Hey guys I have a old android box (x96 mini) that I’d maybe like to try and set up hopefully to play some n64 games, is there a good tutorial or some website out there to help do that or does anyone here have any information?
    You can find more info on the CoreELEC site. Typically all you do on these is flash an image to a MicroSD card, copy an appropriate dtb for CPU/RAM config and place it renamed on the root of the MicroSD, pop it in, and hold the reset button (which can be hidden, such as in the back of the 3.5mm AV port so have a paperclip handy) and keep it held while you plug in the box and it should boot. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I have this old android tv box, there is a way to delete everything and put in it OSMC? The main reason is that I cannot update Android and the remote integration is good for kodi but not for the other features that it offers.
    Put CoreELEC on it. You can find it here: https://coreelec.org/. Source: over 1 year ago
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Plex mentions (649)

  • Apple Buys DarwinAI Ahead of Major Generative AI Updates Coming in iOS 18
    It's not for everyone but I've never been happier with OpenAudible [0] + Plex [1] + Prologue [2] [0] https://openaudible.org/ [1] https://plex.tv/ [2] https://prologue.audio/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
  • Maybe easy maybe hard maybe impossible?
    I am not sure I have been reading up on qbittorent proxy in just the last few minutes and it looks like I would have to pay for a proxy server then have all requests sent to that proxy server in which would then send them to my qbittorent? Am I in the general ballpark as to how to make this work? If so I may just keep doing everything manually like I have been doing for years until I get the nerve to try all this.... Source: 5 months ago
  • I messed something up and now I can't delete and reset server fresh no matter what i try.
    Has Sync Watch State & Ratings ever been enabled for your account (Settings)? If so, then the server is pulling the info from your account at plex.tv. Source: 5 months ago
  • Plex HTPC no longer on plex.tv
    How can I download this? I am a plex pass user. Yet the download page on plex.tv no longer shows this.. Source: 5 months ago
  • Yet another help with remote access - Plex and Nginx
    I'm pretty confused about what the missing link is here. Usually it works fine on LAN, but sometimes is marked as indirect or insecure. The mobile app seems to work on WAN, but not usually plex.tv. Can anyone help me understand how plex networking works? Thanks! Source: 5 months ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing CoreELEC and Plex, you can also consider the following products

LibreELEC - LibreELEC is ‘Just enough OS’ for Kodi, a Linux distribution built to run Kodi on current and...

Jellyfin - Jellyfin is a personal media server.

OSMC - OSMC is a free and open source media center built for the people, by the people.

Stremio - Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

OpenELEC - OpenELEC, which stands for Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center, is a Linux operating system that makes the host computer a Kodi media center. The software was the winner of the Swiss Opensource Award in 2014.

Kodi - Kodi is an award winning free and open source media player that got its start on the Xbox console.