Plex focuses on enabling desktop playback and management of media libraries hosted on a Plex server. It is catalogued under Video & media players on PulseGate.

Plex is a consumer product built for plex users.

Does Plex have a free plan?

Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.

Is Plex still maintained?

Unverified. Plex has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

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Plex

Name: Plex
Author: Plex

FlathubVideo & media players

Plex is a desktop client application that allows users to play and manage media content from their Plex server. It features a powerful playback engine and a user-friendly interface, providing seamless integration for Plex users on Linux desktops.

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Overview

4 features

Plex is a Video & media players project. It focuses on enabling desktop playback and management of media libraries hosted on a Plex server. Plex is a consumer product aimed at plex users. A free plan is available. It ships for Linux.

Plex builds and maintains Plex. Among its 4 catalogued features are media playback, plex server integration, and advanced playback engine.

Media playback
Plex server integration
Advanced playback engine
Point-and-click interface

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPS

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 23:56 UTC
PlexDesktop verified via crawler:flathub
Source: crawler:flathub · Open

Frequently asked questions about Plex

What is Plex?: Plex focuses on enabling desktop playback and management of media libraries hosted on a Plex server. It is catalogued under Video & media players on PulseGate.
Who is Plex for?: Plex is a consumer product built for plex users.
Does Plex have a free plan?: Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
What platforms does Plex run on?: Plex runs on Linux.
Is Plex still maintained?: Unverified. Plex has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who develops Plex?: Plex is developed by Plex.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: plex users
Model: B2C
Solves: Enabling desktop playback and management of media libraries hosted on a Plex server.

Registered as

Flathub: tv.plex.PlexDesktop

Index record

Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: plexdesktop-flathub-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/tv.plex.PlexDesktop

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