The Linux Player has been and still is a complex problem for us to solve. We want to provide the same native experience for images/video and web embedding as we do for our other players, as well as powerful hooks into the operating system to run commands, build reliable connections, run web servers,…

Hello hello, Very exciting to hear there’s a beta version.. any estimated release date ?

Hi, Is there anything new? Our hardware is too old for Windows 11, so we get into pressure now.

We’re still making progress. Depending on your use case an early prototype could be available in the coming months, before the end of the year. I see you’re a beta tester, so you’ll be the first to know when there is something to try out.

Good to hear about a progress. Any time estimation for non-beta testers please?

The player app will be open source, so beta releases will also be publicly available, along with the source code. General release - v1.0 - is too early for us to say. If I had to guess, it would be first half of 2026, but that depends on how beta testing progresses.

Hi @dan , it´s now a month later. Any updates regarding the prototype release? Christian

We’re still ticking things off - currently working on packaging. I still expect a prototype for beta testers by the end of the year.

Wonderful news! Any insight you can give us on how it will be packaged? Flatpak, Snap etc Thanks for the hard work!

[image] wgorman: Flatpak, Snap or Appimage … I hope it wont be packed in subsystems pithole again ? Shouldn’t Electron run natively like windows *.exe at least from CLI ?

Oooo yes, Appimage would be super easy to deploy! Thanks Xibo team, looking forward to hearing more!

Linux player status and plans

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dan February 17, 2026, 5:43pm 63

A 64bit windows player is in beta testing alongside the Linux Player as they will share the same architecture.

Unofficial x64 build of Xibo Player v4 R406.3 — for users hitting the 32-bit RAM ceiling