Xibo
Xibo is a digital signage platform for creating and scheduling content, updating displays, and managing a screen network remotely.
What Xibo is
Xibo is a digital signage platform for creating and scheduling content, updating displays, and managing a screen network remotely. Its CMS supports layout design, playlists, media scheduling, date and time scheduling, and recurring schedules. Content options include images, video, audio, PDFs, PowerPoint, HTML packages, webpages, text, and RSS or ticker feeds. Display tools include groups, screenshot requests, player status logs, and controls for screen power and parameters. Users can assign custom roles and connect through an open OAuth2 JSON API. Integrations include Canva, Pixabay, an SSP connector, and a dashboards service; some connectors need an API key. Xibo offers managed cloud hosting or customer-hosted CMS. Customers who self-host handle servers, backups, maintenance, and upgrades. Security features include two-factor authentication, SAML and CAS single sign-on, and TLS/HTTPS. The free 14-day trial costs 0.00 USD and includes a cloud-hosted CMS, two players, and best-effort help desk support. Xibo describes its solutions as serving small to medium size businesses.
Good
- Schedules media and recurring content playback.
- Supports a wide range of content types.
- Provides remote display controls and status logs.
- Offers managed cloud or self-hosted CMS.
- 14-day trial includes two players.
Watch out
- Self-hosting requires server and CMS upkeep.
- Some connectors require an API key.
- Trial help desk support is best effort.
Who it suits
Xibo suits small and medium-sized businesses that need to schedule content and manage displays. It can also suit organizations that want to host the CMS themselves and can take responsibility for its infrastructure and upkeep.
Verdict
Xibo combines content scheduling with remote display management and gives customers a choice of hosting arrangements. The trial is limited to 14 days and two players, while self-hosting brings infrastructure responsibilities.
Plans and prices
From Xibo's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free 14 day Trial | Free | 14 days · Xibo Professional Plan · cloud hosted CMS · 2 players · best effort help desk |
| Self Hosted | Priced on request | Host CMS on your own servers · open source player or perpetual player licences · community support |
The facts
Each one read from Xibo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The feature list includes an open OAuth2 JSON API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Audience
- Xibo describes its solutions as serving small to medium size businesses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud data location
- The privacy policy says personal data Xibo processes as a controller is stored on servers inside the UK.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content and scheduling
- The CMS feature list includes layout design, playlists, media scheduling, date and time scheduling, and recurring schedules.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content types
- images,video,audio,PDF,PowerPoint,HTML packages,webpages,text,RSS/tickerschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Data safeguards
- Xibo's privacy policy says it uses TLS/SSL encryption, encryption at rest, and strong authentication controls to protect personal data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Display management
- The CMS feature list includes display groups, screenshot requests, player status logs, and screen power and parameter controls.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting choice
- Xibo offers fully managed cloud hosting or the option to host the CMS on the customer's own servers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The feature list includes Canva and Pixabay integrations, an SSP connector, and a dashboards service; some connectors require an API key.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline playback
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Product
- Xibo is a digital signage platform for creating and managing content, updating displays, and managing a network remotely.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The feature list includes two-factor authentication options, SAML and CAS single sign-on, and TLS/HTTPS connections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting requirements
- Xibo says self-hosting requires customers to handle infrastructure such as web and database servers, backups, maintenance, and CMS upgrades.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The homepage advertises 5-star, 24/5 helpdesk support, while the free trial includes best effort help desk support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- User roles
- customchecked 21 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Free player
- Xibo's Windows open source player software is free under the AGPLv3 or later licence.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Hove, England, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported download platforms
- The downloads page lists player software for Android, Windows, Linux, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, and ChromeOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
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