jellyfin/jellyfin
The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API
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Where it stands
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Ranks #212 of 2,841 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 7%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 370 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #18 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 28, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a free, open-source media server backend and API for managing and streaming personal media collections.
- Offers a fully cross-platform, no-cost alternative to proprietary media servers with no premium features or restrictions.
- Use for setting up a self-hosted media streaming server to serve movies, music, and TV shows to multiple devices.
- Use for developers wanting to contribute or customize a .NET-based media server with extensive API and plugin support.
- Use for organizations or enthusiasts seeking a privacy-focused media system without vendor lock-in or subscription fees.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
The Free Software Media System
Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is descended from Emby's 3.5.2 release and ported to the .NET platform to enable full cross-platform support.
There are no strings attached, no premium licenses or features, and no hidden agendas: just a team that wants to build something better and work together to achieve it. We welcome anyone who is interested in joining us in our quest!
For further details, please see our documentation page. To receive the latest updates, get help with Jellyfin, and join the community, please visit one of our communication channels. For more information about the project, please see our about page.
Check out our downloads page or our installation guide, then see our quick start guide. You can also build from source.
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Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+3,548 stars over 84 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +157 on Jul 24.
Forks
5.6K+496
Open issues
702+134
Compared with peers in API
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 4, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NdoleStudio/httpsms | 6.0K | +673 | 75 | 48 days ago |
| JoeanAmier/TikTokDownloader | 16.8K | +180 | 75 | 30 days ago |
| mrifqidaffaaditya/WA-AKG | 510 | +127 | 31 | 18 days ago |
| fastapi/fastapi | 103.0K | +0 | 75 | 2 days ago |
| jellyfin/jellyfin | 57.8K | +0 | 45 | today |
| BrasilAPI/BrasilAPI | 11.3K | +0 | 45 | — |
| Category median | 11.3K | +127 | 75 | — |
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