Kodi (XBMC)

Kodi (XBMC): An award winning media center application

Kodi is a free and open source media player and entertainment hub designed as a media player for living-room TVs but also fully functional on computers.

Kodi provides full support for an extensive range of remote controls and provides an eye-catching interface customizable with multiple skins that makes it an ideal solution for a comfortable TV experience. The program supports network playback and allows you to stream multimedia through virtually any existing protocol.

Kodi can play CDs, DVDs, major archive formats and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. You can even use it to scan all your media collection and automatically create your own library. Other useful features include playlist and slideshows, audio visualizations, weather forecast and others.

The software is very popular among those who want to stream torrent and other streamable media on their PC or TV. Kodi has a large database of addons and plugins that make everything possible streaming wise: various streaming sources, torrent sources, subtitle repositories and much more. It's also very scalable, being installed on Raspberry PI devices for mobility and for transforming older TVs into smart multimedia hubs.