jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop
Jellyfin Desktop Client
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #448 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 16%).
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 303 days ago, with 102 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #85 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 14, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a cross-platform desktop client for Jellyfin media server with embedded MPV player and integrated web interface.
- Enables seamless media playback within a single window using the Jellyfin web client and supports audio passthrough for enhanced sound quality.
- Use for accessing and streaming personal media libraries on Windows, Mac, or Linux desktops with native playback support.
- Use for developers needing to integrate or customize Jellyfin web client features within a desktop environment using C++ and Qt 6.
- Use for users requiring a GPL-licensed, open-source media client that supports advanced playback features and remote debugging.
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
Desktop client using jellyfin-web with embedded MPV player. Supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Media plays within the same window using the jellyfin-web interface unlike Jellyfin Desktop. Supports audio passthrough.
To download the latest stable release, get the latest version tag from the latest releases page and append the following to your pull command during the build phase for JMP "--branch $VERSIONTAG --single-branch"
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
566+44
Open issues
384+383
Compared with peers in Developer Tools
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 11, by 7-day star growth
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| DietrichGebert/ponytail | 175.5K | +5.3K | 75 | 8 days ago |
| OpenCut-app/OpenCut | 95.1K | +1.7K | 59 | 23 days ago |
| michael-denyer/pstack-claude | 3.4K | +925 | 75 | 2 days ago |
| EpicGames/raddebugger | 8.5K | +814 | 75 | 14 days ago |
| superdesigndev/treg | 5.9K | +710 | 45 | — |
| jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop | 5.9K | +0 | 75 | 303 days ago |
| Category median | 8.5K | +925 | 75 | — |
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