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Lumen

Media center for Windows, Android and Android TV, compatible with the open addon protocol.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
  • No account

Overview

Lumen is a media centre program, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Features described in its Winget manifest and on its official website: hardware acceleration, sync across devices, end-to-end encryption and casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…).

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Media center for Windows, Android and Android TV, compatible with the open addon protocol.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Lumen is a media center built around its own playback engine (mpv and FFmpeg with every LGPL decoder, hardware decoding, TrueHD and Atmos support).” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Browse and search across every addon at once, keep a library and watch history, download for offline viewing, use a phone as a remote, and sync your library across devices with end-to-end encryption and no account.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Browse and search across every addon at once, keep a library and watch history, download for offline viewing, use a phone as a remote, and sync your library across devices with end-to-end encryption and no account.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “DLNA” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Lumen offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Strengths

  • No account needed

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan

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