Jellyfin

Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi.

58,215 starsGPL-2.0

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Website: jellyfin.org
Source: github.com
Demo: demo.jellyfin.org
Licence: GPL-2.0
Platforms: C#, deb, Docker
GitHub stars: 58,215
Last update: 2026-10-17

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