libreELEC

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LibreELEC
LibreELEC settings Add-On in KODI
DeveloperLibreELEC Team
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release4 April 2016; 10 years ago (2016-04-04)
Latest release12.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 15 August 2025; 11 months ago (15 August 2025)
Repository
Update methodAutomatic
Supported platformsAMD64; ARMhf, ARMv7, ARM64
Kernel typeLinux
Default
user interface		Kodi
LicenseGPLv2
Official websitelibreelec.tv

LibreELEC (short for Libre Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is an up-to-date non-profit and fully open-source fork of the (now discontinued) OpenELEC as an up-to-date Just enough operating system. It acts as a Linux-based all-in-one Home theater PC (HTPC) distribution for the Kodi media center application software appliance and entertainment system.

The initial fork of OpenELEC was first announced in March 2016 as a split from the OpenELEC team after "creative differences", taking most of its active developers at the time to join the new LibreELEC project.[2][3][4][5] This is a conservative fork of the OpenELEC project with a stronger focus on pre-release testing and post-release change management for a more stable setup and environment.[5]

History

Because of the end of Python 2 support in 2020, LibreELEC version 10 with Kodi 19 switches to Python 3. Therefore, addons created for prior versions with python 2 need to be updated by developers for Kodi 19 because Python code is not backward compatible.

LibreELEC version Release date Kodi version Kernel Announcement
7.0.0 4 April 2016 16.1 Jarvis LibreELEC (Jarvis) v7.0.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.0.0 22 February 2017 17.0 Krypton LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.0.1 24 March 2017 17.1 LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.0.2 26 May 2017 17.3 LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.0 28 October 2017 17.5 4.11.8 LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-01-22 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.1 21 November 2017 17.6 LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.2 23 December 2017 LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.3 21 January 2018 LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.3 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.4 14 March 2018 4.9.59 LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.4 MR Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
8.2.5 14 April 2018 4.9.80 LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.5 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
9.0.0 2 February 2019 18.0 Leia LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.0 RELEASE
9.0.1 26 February 2019 18.1 4.19.23 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.1 MR
9.0.2 11 May 2019 18.2 4.19.36 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.2 MR
9.2 22 November 2019 18.5 4.19.83 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2
9.2.1 10 March 2020 18.6 4.19/5.1 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.1
9.2.2 28 March 2020 18.6 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.2 Hotfix
9.2.3 4 June 2020 18.7.1 4.19/5.1 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.3
9.2.4 12 August 2020 18.8 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.4
9.2.5 24 August 2020 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.5
9.2.6 2 November 2020 18.9 LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.6
10.0.0 26 August 2021 19.1 Matrix 5.4 LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.0
10.0.1 3 November 2021 19.3 5.10 LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.1
10.0.2 9 March 2022 19.4 LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2
10.0.3 17 October 2022 LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.3
10.0.4 15 January 2023 19.5 LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.4
11.0 6 March 2023 20.0 Nexus LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0
11.0.1 24 March 2023 20.1 6.1.19 LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.1
11.0.3 20 July 2023 20.2 6.1.38 LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.3
11.0.4 23 December 2023 6.1.68 LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.4
12.0 01 May 2024 21.0 Omega 6.6.28 LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0
12.0.1 26 August 2024 21.1 6.6.46 LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0.1
12.0.2 22 January 2025 21.2 6.6.71 LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0.2
12.2 15 August 2025 21.2+ 6.16.12 (RPi2-5 6.12.56) LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2
12.2.1 03 November 2025 21.3 6.16.12 (RPi2-5 6.12.56) LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2.1

References

  1. ↑ "LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2". 15 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Chewitt (24 March 2016). "Let's rock this gig!". libreelec.tv. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Chewitt (20 March 2016). "Hello World!". libreelec.tv. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "About LibreELEC.tv". libreelec.tv. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "LibreELEC.tv". GitHub. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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