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Fire OS VS LibreELEC

Compare Fire OS VS LibreELEC and see what are their differences

Fire OS logo Fire OS

Fire OS is the operating system that runs Amazon's Fire TV and tablets. Fire OS is a fork of Android, so if your app runs on Android, it will most likely run on Amazon's Fire de...

LibreELEC logo LibreELEC

LibreELEC is ‘Just enough OS’ for Kodi, a Linux distribution built to run Kodi on current and...
  • Fire OS Landing page
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    2023-09-01
  • LibreELEC Landing page
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    2023-10-06

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  • Review - Raspberry Pi 4B on LibreELEC 9.2 with Kodi 18.3
  • Review - Kodi Compendium [Part 3]: Raspberry Pi OS Selection, Comparison, Performance Test LibreELEC vs OSMC

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Fire OS and LibreELEC)
Video
10 10%
90% 90
Media Player
9 9%
91% 91
Watch Movies Online
12 12%
88% 88
Linux
100 100%
0% 0

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LibreELEC Reviews

Top 10 Best Linux Media Server Software
LibreELEC also has special builds for single board computers like Raspberry Pi. You can install this special operating system on your Raspberry Pi and get a media center device ready in minutes.
Source: itsfoss.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, LibreELEC seems to be a lot more popular than Fire OS. While we know about 66 links to LibreELEC, we've tracked only 5 mentions of Fire OS. 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.

Fire OS mentions (5)

  • Firestick 4K Max appreciation post
    You are correct, fire tv os is based on android os but not android tv os. https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • A Detailed Answer to What Is Samsung Push Service & more!
    A push notification is a note which pops up on a mobile device. App publishers can send them, and at the same time, users do not have to run the app or to use their devices to receive them. They can do many things; for instance, they can show the latest sports scores as well as get a user to take action. They can also let you download a coupon, or let a user know about an event, such as a flash sale. Push... Source: about 2 years ago
  • 2nd Gen Fire TV Stick (2016) android version?
    Https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html helps. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Testing quick way to show Fire TV Stick model/generation
    The model name should be listed under "Device name". This works by looking up the model number from information taken from Amazon's list of Fire TV devices (here). (This is updated automatically, and should also work with Fire tablets/TVs, other Android devices etc.. Silk or other Chromium-based browsers should work, however Firefox doesn't supply this device information.). Source: over 2 years ago
  • Insignia Fire TV (2021) Old Interface
    Amazon has a list here. I got a Toshiba TV from the Prime Day sale myself for my bedroom. It looks like newer 4k fire TVs are getting Fire OS 7, but the HD versions aren't. On the stick side, the Fire TV Stick and Stick Lite have Fire OS 7, but not the aging 4k that they still actively sell as their only 4k option. It came out in 2018 and is overdue for a refresh. Source: about 3 years ago

LibreELEC mentions (66)

  • Raspberry Pi 5
    - Two LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv/) mediaplayers in house (yes, one is not enough in my big family). - One for hosting low usage applications at home network (Unifi controller and some more). - Octoprint (https://octoprint.org) connected to the 3d-printer. - One on my desk for hardware hacking – mostly as just a PC with GPIO. - Some Raspberry Pi Zeros as security cameras. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
  • Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
    You might be interested in the https://libreelec.tv/ project. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
  • Looking for a distro to replace Roku Stick
    I'm aware of solutions such as LibreELEC but that (if I understand it) is just a Kodi thing. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Watch Jellyfin content on non-smart TV
    Kodi is a media client as it provides a UI for you to browse, search for and view media. I have it running on my Raspberry Pi as LibreELEC. It connects to the same media sources that Jellyfin uses via SFTP. They support the same scrappers and folder structures so they can share the same media sources. If you're not adamant about using Jellyfin on the Raspberry Pi, this could be an option. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Does anyone know why Kodi will not continuously run on a windows 11 machine?
    Thats not a Kodi issue... It is a Windows and hardware issue... If the only job of the pc is Kodi then use LibreELEC's Kodi... 1000 times better! https://libreelec.tv/. Source: about 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Fire OS and LibreELEC, you can also consider the following products

Android TV - Android TV is a version of Android made for TV's

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

Plasma Bigscreen - Launcher controllable using voice or TV remote.

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

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.

Roku OS - Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.