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Kodi vs ansible-nas
Kodi has 21,422 GitHub stars, 6,655 forks, 466 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ansible-nas has 3,797 stars, 509 forks, 102 open issues and last shipped 9 months ago. Kodi leads on adoption by 464% (21,422 vs 3,797 stars). Kodi is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; ansible-nas is written in Jinja under MIT. Kodi has attracted 31% as many forks as stars, ansible-nas 13%. Kodi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Kodi | ansible-nas | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 3.8K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | Jinja |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-02-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.7K | ⑂ 509 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Kodi if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ansible-nas if
- You want the ansible-nas feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Jinja
- You evaluated both and ansible-nas fits your workflow better
About Kodi
website • docs • community • add ons Welcome to Kodi Home Theater Software! Kodi is an award winning free and open source software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Available as a native application for Android, Linux, BSD, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows operating systems , Kodi runs on most common processor architectures. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, Kodi is a non profit project run by the XBMC Foundation and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 500 software developers have contributed to Kodi to date, and 100 plus translators have worked to…
About ansible-nas
Ansible NAS After getting burned by broken FreeNAS updates one too many times, I figured I could do a much better job myself using just a stock Ubuntu install, some clever Ansible config and a bunch of Docker containers. What Ansible NAS Does You can configure Ansible NAS to set up any (or all!) of the applications listed below on your home server. If you have a spare domain name you can configure applications to be accessible externally to your home LAN too; they'll be configured with a sensible hostname and DNS gets updated accordingly if your home IP address changes. Available Applications Airsonic catalog…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Kodi or ansible-nas more popular?
Kodi has 21,422 GitHub stars and ansible-nas has 3,797. Kodi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Kodi and ansible-nas free?
Both are open source. Kodi has no licence declared in this registry, and ansible-nas is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Kodi and ansible-nas?
Kodi is written in C++ and ansible-nas in Jinja. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Kodi or ansible-nas?
Choose Kodi if you want the larger community (21,422 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ansible-nas if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.