Last Updated on March 27, 2026
tinyMediaManager is a media management tool built with Java and Swing, designed to provide metadata for media centers like Kodi (formerly XBMC), Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Automatic updates.
- GUI and command line interfaces.
- Metadata scrapers for IMDb, TheMovieDb, TVDb, OFDb, Moviemeter, Trakt and more.
- Artwork downloaders for TheMovieDb, TVDb and FanArt.tv.
- Trailer downloads from TheMovieDb and HD-Trailers.net.
- Subtitles downloaded from OpenSubtitles.org.
- Manually edit any metadata fields with ease.
- Automatic file renaming according to any user-defined format.
- Powerful search features with custom filters and sorting.
- Saves everything in .nfo files automatically recognized by Kodi and most other media centers.
- Technical metadata like codecs, duration and resolution extracted from each media file.
- Group movies into sets with special artwork common to all movies in it.
- Import TV show collections no matter the file organization style used.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: gitlab.com/tinyMediaManager
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License: Apache License 2.0
tinyMediaManager is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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