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Hive vs Kodi
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Hive and Kodi — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Hive vs Kodi: at a glance
What is Hive?
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
What is Kodi?
Kodi 22's second release candidate adds chapter jumping and wider HDR support.
Kodi v22 Piers is in release candidates. RC2 on November 10 adds chapter, scene marker and bookmark jumping with Up/Down during playback, HDR10 and HLG on tvOS, and Dolby Vision Low Latency on Xbox. The rest is a long fix list across Blu-ray playlists and menus, HDR detection on Android and audio sync.
Hive vs Kodi: editorial side-by-side
Hive
6.3COLLABPM
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
◆ Current state
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
◆ Where it's heading
Dashboards are moving from showing tracked time toward capacity planning, with shared inputs that update every report when edited. Bulk editing keeps reaching more views, and each new bulk action ships with undo.
◆ Prediction
Expect more report widgets to accept Tables inputs and drill-downs, and bulk actions extending to fields beyond dates and status.
Kodi
2.5COLLAB
Kodi 22's second release candidate adds chapter jumping and wider HDR support.
◆ Current state
Kodi v22 Piers is in release candidates. RC2 on November 10 adds chapter, scene marker and bookmark jumping with Up/Down during playback, HDR10 and HLG on tvOS, and Dolby Vision Low Latency on Xbox. The rest is a long fix list across Blu-ray playlists and menus, HDR detection on Android and audio sync.
◆ Where it's heading
The v22 cycle is closing: RC1 brought FFmpeg 9.0.2 and HDR subtitle overlays, and RC2 is mostly platform HDR coverage and Blu-ray fixes. Feature work is now small and targeted.
◆ Prediction
Expect a final v22.0 release within weeks, since two release candidates have landed six weeks apart with shrinking feature lists.
Alternatives to Hive and Kodi
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Hive or Kodi.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
Recent activity from Hive and Kodi
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHiveCharts can group custom field values into categories
- 1d agoHiveReporting formulas can use values stored in Tables
- 1d agoHiveBurndown chart points open a per-person breakdown
- 1d agoHiveSet, shift or clear dates across many actions at once
- 2d agoHiveWorkflows library beta adds filters, grouping and bulk actions
- 3d agoHiveUndo and redo for bulk action changes
- 4d agoKodiKodi 22 RC2 adds chapter jumping and HDR on tvOS and Xbox
- 1mo agoKodiFirst Piers release candidate adds HDR subtitle overlays
- 2mo agoKodiBeta 2 rebases on FFmpeg 9.0.1 and Libbluray 1.5.0
- 3mo agoKodiv22.0a3-Piers
- 4mo agoKodiv22.0b1-Piers
- 7mo agoKodiv22.0a2-Piers
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Hive and Kodi?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Hive better than Kodi?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Hive?
Top Hive alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hive for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Kodi?
Top Kodi alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Kodi alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/kodi for the full list with editorial commentary on each.