I-OpenELEC (isifinyezo se-Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a I-linux distro eyenzelwe ukusetshenziswa njengesikhungo semidiya, ngokunembile ngokuhlangana ne- Ingabe (iminyaka eminingi eyaziwa njenge-XBMC). Inhloso enkulu ukunikeza ipulatifomu evumela ukusebenza okunamandla kunakho konke, nokuqalisa kohlelo olushesha ngempela, konke okufakwe inqubo yokufaka engathathi ngaphezu kwemizuzu eyi-15. Sihlangane nohlobo lwayo lokuqala oluzinzile emuva ngo-Okthoba 2011, futhi emahoreni ambalwa edlule I-OpenELEC 5.0 ifikile.
Kuyinto ngokusekelwe ku-Kodi 14 (Helix) futhi kunomsebenzi omningi ngokubambisana ne onjiniyela yesikhungo semidiya ngakho-ke kulindeleke ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa nokusebenza kuzonikeza izinga elikhulu ekhwalithi. Umsebenzi omningi wenziwe ukuphothula ushintsho lwamagama wesibizo kusuka ku-XBMC kuya ku-Kodi, hhayi kuphela kwisici sobuhle kepha nakwikhodi nasekusebenzeni kwangemuva (izinsizakalo, izixhumanisi ezingokomfanekiso, ukugcinwa, amafayela wokumisa, njll).
Impela kungenxa yokuthi kunguhlobo lokuqala lapho kwenzeka ushintsho olukhulu kangaka lapho abathuthukisi balo benxusa noma ngubani ozovuselela kusuka kunguqulo yangaphambilini ukuthi avikele yonke into ngokwenza isipele. Kwezinye izici, ifika ne-Linux kernel 3.17 kanye noshintsho olusuka ku-OpenSSL luye kwi-LibreSSL. Ngokwengeziwe, ukusekelwa kweFreescale imx6 kungezwe ngamabhokisi ahlukahlukene asethiwe phezulu njenge- I-CuboxTVNgokuphambene nalokho, ukuxhaswa kwe-Apple TV yangempela (mk1) kuyanqanyulwa ngenxa yemikhawulo yehardware (khumbula ukuthi leyo divayisi yokuqala evela enkampanini yaseCupertino yayingaphezu kwanoma yini eyokuzilibazisa eyaqala ukuvelela kamuva).
Landa I-OpenELEC 5.0