The team released early versions of the port, called OSXBMC, intended for eventual full integration into Mac OS X. They contacted him and offered support and funding, forming a three-person team in January 2008. Around the same time, Cayce Ullman and Scott Olechowski-software executives who had recently sold their previous company to Cisco-were also looking to port XBMC to OS X, and noticed Feingold's progress via XBMC online forums. He ported the media player XBMC (since renamed Kodi) to Mac OS X. Plex began as a freeware hobby project in December 2007 when developer Elan Feingold created a media center application for his Apple Mac.

The official clients and unofficial third-party clients run on mobile devices, smart TVs, streaming boxes, and in web apps.

The Plex Media Server organizes video, audio, and photos from a user's collections and from online services, and streams it to the players. Plex is an American streaming media service and a client–server media player platform, made by Plex, Inc.

Plex streaming service