LibreELEC
ScreenshotFile:LibreELEC 12.0.2.png
DeveloperLibreELEC Team
FamilyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Released4 April 2016 (age 10)
Update modelAutomatic
Supported platformsAMD64; ARMhf, ARMv7, ARM64
Kernel typeLinux
UiKodi
LicenseGPLv2
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.[1][2][3][4] 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.[4]

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 versionRelease dateKodi versionKernelAnnouncement
7.0.04 April 201616.1JarvisLibreELEC (Jarvis) v7.0.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.0.022 February 201717.0KryptonLibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.0.124 March 201717.1LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.0.226 May 201717.3LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.0.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.028 October 201717.54.11.8LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.0 RELEASE Archived 2021-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.121 November 201717.6LibreELEC (Krypton) v8.2.1 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.223 December 2017LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.2 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.321 January 2018LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.3 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.414 March 20184.9.59LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.4 MR Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
8.2.514 April 20184.9.80LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.5 MR Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
9.0.02 February 201918.0LeiaLibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.0 RELEASE
9.0.126 February 201918.14.19.23LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.1 MR
9.0.211 May 201918.24.19.36LibreELEC (Leia) 9.0.2 MR
9.222 November 201918.54.19.83LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2
9.2.110 March 202018.64.19/5.1LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.1
9.2.228 March 202018.6LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.2 Hotfix
9.2.34 June 202018.7.14.19/5.1LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.3
9.2.412 August 202018.8LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.4
9.2.524 August 2020LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.5
9.2.62 November 202018.9LibreELEC (Leia) 9.2.6
10.0.026 August 202119.1Matrix5.4LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.0
10.0.13 November 202119.35.10LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.1
10.0.29 March 202219.4LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2
10.0.317 October 2022LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.3
10.0.415 January 202319.5LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.4
11.06 March 202320.0NexusLibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0
11.0.124 March 202320.16.1.19LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.1
11.0.320 July 202320.26.1.38LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.3
11.0.423 December 20236.1.68LibreELEC (Nexus) 11.0.4
12.001 May 202421.0Omega6.6.28LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0
12.0.126 August 202421.16.6.46LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0.1
12.0.222 January 202521.26.6.71LibreELEC (Omega) 12.0.2
12.215 August 202521.2+6.16.12 (RPi2-5 6.12.56)LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2
12.2.103 November 202521.36.16.12 (RPi2-5 6.12.56)LibreELEC (Omega) 12.2.1

References

  1. ^ Chewitt (24 March 2016). "Let's rock this gig!". libreelec.tv. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ Chewitt (20 March 2016). "Hello World!". libreelec.tv. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "About LibreELEC.tv". libreelec.tv. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ "LibreELEC.tv". GitHub. Retrieved 12 May 2016.