LibreELEC

LibreELEC (short for Libre Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a 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 an Linux-based all-in-one Home theater PC (HTPC) distrobution for the Kodi media player software appliance and entertainment system.

LibreELEC
LibreELEC settings Add-On in KODI
Developer	LibreELEC Team
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	4 April 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-04)
Latest release	12.0.2[1]  / 22 January 2025; 6 months ago (22 January 2025)
Repository	github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv
Update method	Automatic
Supported platforms	AMD64; ARMhf, ARMv7, ARM64
Kernel type	Linux
Default user interface	Kodi
License	GPLv2
Official website	libreelec.tv

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 enviroment.^[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 Machine
8.0.0	22 February 2017	17.0	Krypton		LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.0.1	24 March 2017	17.1			LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.0.2	26 May 2017	17.3			LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.0	28 October 2017	17.5		4.11.8	LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.1	21 November 2017	17.6			LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.2	23 December 2017				LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.3	21 January 2018				LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.3 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.4	14 March 2018			4.9.59	LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.4 MR Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.5	14 April 2018			4.9.80	LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.5 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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) 12.1
12.0.2	22 January 2025	21.2		6.6.71	LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2