10-year anniversary for XBMC!
Happy Birthday To Us!
Today marks a very important and proud milestone in our history. On 5th October 2002, one of the first ever betas of the XBMC source code got uploaded, as the result of a merge between two different home theatre applications. Frodo, the founder of “YAMP” (Yet Another Media Player), joined the Xbox Media Player team and the two projects were merged. The first release of the combined projects was called “Xbox Media Player” and its first beta source code was released, 10 years ago to the day!
We have had many releases since then, reaching the first stable of the newly named “Xbox Media Center” v1.0.0 in 2004, another name change to “XBMC” v2.0.0 in 2006 and Linux support in 2007. As we developed and grew, there were even more stable releases all the way up to the multi-platform “Eden”, and the soon to be released “Frodo”.
The project has continued to evolve, with many changes such as the move from CVS to SVN and now ultimately GITHUB, support for various new platforms and a huge amount of new features, add-ons and beautiful skins.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support and commitment to XBMC over the last 10 years, from the creators, developers, testers, skinners, add-on writers and especially to the users – you are the reason the project was started and without your constant support, we wouldn’t still be here!
Every one of you has made XBMC what it is today and helps us go from strength to strength. We hope you are as excited as we are to see what the next 10 years will bring!
Here’s to the next 10 years!! 
Happy Birthday XBMC!!
Hoorray!!!
Thank you guys!!!
For everything!!!
Happy birthday! Been using XBMC since my x-box 1. Now it runs my MediaPC. Heres to another 10 years!
GUYS!
I’ve been all over XBMC since the days of the original xbox!!!
you guys rock!!!!
Wish MS could be like you……. I love you Steve…..Seriously!
Happy birthday XBMC wow 10 years
Happy Birthday! Keep up the good work!
God I haven’t seen the XBMP logo in years. Its been a long and great journey! Looking forward to the next ten!
Great!! Congratulations!!
Happy Birthday XBMC… you have made it a long way… May you be around many more years to come….
I still have XBMP installed in my xbox, just for old time’s sake :-D, although of course I rarely use it
Has it been that long? I just found this in my archives :- cpx-xbmpxsb5.rar build from 04/08/2002, oh memories.
Here’s hoping for another successful 10 years :)
Wow, I actually thought it was more than ten years.
Good job folks. :)
A loved child has many names
My org. Xbox is still running strong for SD stuff.
Always Like To Try New Thing Keep Coming Back To XBMC Its The Best
Happy Anniversary!
Awesome job!
mad-max
Happy Birthday XBMC. Wow, these ten years passed fast. I am with you since Xbox Media Player and still have two XBOX1 moded at my home. One is still connected to the SDTV. Best project ever! Keep up good work, guys. Cheers!
Happy Birthday XBMC!
Thank you from a user to the creators, developers, testers, skinners, add-on writers and the community.
XBMC is a stunning example of Free and Open Source collaboration and attitudes at their very best.
It’s the ‘product’ that sets the benchmark for all other media interfaces. Long may it continue :)
Happy birthday XBMC
Live long and prosper!
Thanks once more for all hard work and countless hours of coding and all the grate ides that make up
the best home multimedia experience in this part of universe :)
Happy Birthday!
Keep up the good work on the best media center OS ever!
Happy anniversary! Thx for all!
Congrats !
Keep up the good work!
Happy birthday XBMC and thank you for an awesome media experience.
10 years of fun! The main reason why I bought by Xbox back in 04 was the hardmod it and get XBMC on it!
I still think the original Xbox UI is pretty cool. Had an ambient noise and three dimensional looks. panels would sweep in and everything was kind of moving….very futuristic. Was quite sad when the 360 abandoned that style for the BladeUI which itself was abandoned for Metro.
Anyway, heres to another 10 years of XBMC!
Happy birthday! Thanks for all the great work!
Happy birthday XBMC!
I’ve just found this program 3 weeks ago, my god you all made a unbelievable good program! :D
I’m going to build a HTPC instead of a NAS because XBMC is superior! Thanks everyone who made XBMC possible. :D
10 years and still the greatest media center app ever, untouched by all other commercial offerings! Thanks guys, you rock!
Grats XBMC!
Been using it since the Xbox Media Player days :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Media_Player#History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC#History
to all of you – you gave me ten years of fun … i really appreciate it – happy anniversary! from italy
By far the best media center ever!!!
Keep up the wonderful work.
We love you for it!
Happy bday
Even though I was a relative newcomer to the project (I took notice at “camelot”) I would like to thank the team for it’s tireless efforts to evolve! Happy 10th anniversary, and I look forward to being here at the 20th and beyond!
Happy bday ! Thanks for your excelent work !
LOL… 10 years! Great job!
(Anyone wanna my 4 XBOX’s ?)
Congrats!
10 years, wow, still one of my favorite apps, and the hands down the best media center software app on the planet.
I have it on my xbox. I was excited when it was being released on linux and then windows later on. I look forward to next release :D
Congratulations, guys! And well done!
Congrats to everyone on the team!
I have been in love with you for close to 9 of them, as I didn’t start hacking till spring ‘03. That is when I bought my first xbox and learned how to solder. Now I play with electronics and make quadcopters. Though your software it made me want to mod my xbox and that opened doors i would have never thought about walking up to….. And I’ll take the 4 XBOX’s Z
¡¡Congratulations!! Keep the good work.
Happy anniversary to a wonderful bit of software. Ties in with my 40th which is today :)
Congratulations!
Congratulations !!! Happy Anniversary XBMC! 10 years and still strong!
keep up the great work and looking forward to the future development of XBMC!
*10th or 10-year anniversary subject title, it’s bad grammar otherwise. Congratulations just the same!
Ahhh the good old days of XBMP :) I remember it clear, back in the Chokemaniac days!
Happy birthday XBMC!; and happy anniversary to myself for having a very healthy relationship with XBMC for (almost) 10 years :).
Wow has it been a decade already? Congrats on the milestone! I think I may still have my original modded Xbox around here somewhere, should blow the dust off and take a trip down memory lane!
Man, I still remember buying an Xbox just to install XBMC for the first time…so much has changed since then – here’s to another 10!
Here here… Been using XBMC since the first build, and never wanted to use anything else. Keep up the good work!