Jellyfin
A free, community-built media server alternative to commercial streaming services
- Also known as
- jellyfin
What is Jellyfin?
An open-source media server that lets you self-host your personal media library and stream it across multiple devices privately, without tracking, subscriptions, or vendor lock-in.
Jellyfin pricing
We don't have Jellyfin's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Completely free and open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- Kodi⇄
- Discord→
- Chromecast→
- VLC
- Navidrome⇄
Jellyfin alternatives
Other self-hosted apps we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Home AssistantA privacy-first, open source home automation platform that prioritizes local controllow · 1%
- PlexA personal media library platform for organizing and streaming your content alongside free entertainmentlow · 27%
- ImmichA self-hosted platform for backing up, organizing, and managing photos and videos with privacy-preserving featureslow · 1%
Compare Jellyfin
Side by side against other self-hosted apps, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Jellyfin, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrations | 22 | 0.05 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.