IPTV is an acronym for Internet Protocol Television. It’s a digital TV service that delivers video over the internet. IPTV can be live or on-demand.
This roundup highlights the finest IPTV streaming applications for Linux. The tools support live TV, movies, and series.
Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.
Click the links in the table below to learn more about each program.
| IPTV Players | |
|---|---|
| Open TV | Billed as an ultra-fast, simple and powerful cross-platform IPTV app |
| IPTVnator | Cross-platform IPTV player application with multiple features |
| TVHplayer | Desktop client for playback and recording live TV with TVheadend |
| termv | Bash script to select an iptv stream using fzf and play it using mpv |
| yuki-iptv | IPTV player with EPG support |
| Hypnotix | IPTV streaming application with support for live TV, movies and series |
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