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Jellyfin

Free media streaming system

38.0K stars Since 2020
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Free media streaming system

License
GPL-2.0
Min RAM
1 GB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
beginner
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • ✓ Primary: media-streaming
  • ✓ Primary: movie-library
  • ✓ Primary: music-server

Replaces / alternatives to

  • Plex
  • Emby

Technical specs

Language
C#
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
docker

Community

GitHub stars 38.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Jellyfin
Funding community

Release

Latest version —
Last release —
Since 2020

Best fit

Team size
solosmallmedium
Industries
general

Tags

  • media-server
  • streaming
  • movies
  • tv-shows
  • music
  • live-tv
  • transcoding
  • plugins