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View guide →Jellyfin — the free software media system: stream your own movies, shows, music and books to any screen, with no accounts, no tracking and no premium tier
Jellyfin is an open-source self-hosted project by jellyfin (jellyfin/jellyfin on GitHub). It has 58,154 GitHub stars and 5,672 forks, is released under the GPL-2.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 17 October 2026.
The standard route is the official Docker image (jellyfin/jellyfin); native packages for the major platforms are on jellyfin.org if you prefer them.
Open http://localhost:8096, create your admin user, and add libraries pointing at your media folders — Jellyfin scans and matches metadata automatically.
Sign in from the browser or the free Jellyfin apps on your TV, phone or tablet and pick up exactly where you left off.
Automatic metadata, artwork and collections turn folders of files into a polished catalogue.
Streams adapt to each device and connection, with hardware acceleration for the heavy lifting.
Users exist only on your server; nothing is phoned home and nothing is behind a premium tier.
Official and community clients for smart TVs, Android, iOS, Roku, consoles and the web.
The official image; the web client is served on port 8096 (per the README).
docker run -d --name jellyfin -p 8096:8096 -v jellyfin-config:/config -v jellyfin-cache:/cache --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/media,target=/media jellyfin/jellyfinSetup wizard first, then your library.
http://localhost:8096Prefer packages? Downloads for Windows, macOS, Linux and NAS platforms are listed on the official site.
https://jellyfin.org/downloadsThe Jellyfin community — a volunteer project (jellyfin/jellyfin on GitHub) that forked from Emby when it went closed-source.
Completely — GPL-2.0, no premium tier, no feature locks, funded by donations.
Very likely: there are apps for Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, LG and Samsung TVs, Apple TV and consoles, plus the web client everywhere else.
Against Plex, Jellyfin is fully open source with no account requirement and no features behind a Plex Pass; Plex counters with a more polished onboarding and easier remote access. Against Emby, Jellyfin is the free, community-governed branch of the same family tree.
Run the jellyfin/jellyfin Docker image, open http://localhost:8096, and point a library at your media.
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