jellyfin

The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API

⭐ 53,221 stars on GitHub · 🍴 4,972 forks · 📜 License: gpl-2.0 · 💻 Language: C#

What is jellyfin?

Ditching proprietary media servers with paywalled features requires a backend built purely on open-source principles. By porting a legacy Emby codebase to modern .NET, this media system delivers a completely free, cross-platform streaming architecture

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ csharp
• 🏷️ dotnet
• 🏷️ hacktoberfest
• 🏷️ jellyfin

Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin.git
cd jellyfin
docker build -t jellyfin .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 jellyfin

Minimum system requirements

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: jellyfin/jellyfin
• 🌐 Homepage: https://jellyfin.org
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 13/06/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.