Jellyfin
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Jellyfin is the open-source media server — manage your movie / TV / music / book / photo library, stream to any device, with no subscriptions or telemetry. Fork of Emby that went open-source. Direct competitor to Plex with the same UX but without commercial gatekeeping.
For media collectors who want to watch their library on any device without Plex Pass, Jellyfin is the freedom-focused choice.
What it's for
- Personal media streaming — movies, TV shows from your library
- Music streaming — your music library accessible everywhere
- Multi-user household — separate profiles per family member
- Live TV + DVR — record live TV with tuner integration
- Photo viewing — slideshow of personal photos
Who it's for
- Media collectors with ripped DVD / Blu-ray / digital purchases
- Privacy-conscious households rejecting Plex's telemetry
- Cord-cutters managing their own streaming infrastructure
- Families with shared media libraries across devices
- Self-hosters preferring fully OSS over commercial
Why teams pick Jellyfin over alternatives
- GPL-2.0 — fully open, no commercial gatekeeping
- No premium tier — hardware transcoding, mobile sync all free
- Multi-platform apps — iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Kodi, web
- Hardware transcoding — Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD AMF support
- Active development — strong community
- Live TV + DVR — integrate HDHomeRun and other tuners
Integrations
- Media organizers — Sonarr / Radarr for TV / movie management
- Metadata — TheTVDB, TMDB, MusicBrainz for metadata enrichment
- Hardware transcoding — Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD AMF, V4L2
- Apps — iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Kodi, web client
- DLNA / Chromecast — streaming to living-room devices
- Live TV — HDHomeRun, generic tuners via TVH integration
- Subtitles — auto-fetch via OpenSubtitles plugins
Notable users & community
- 35k+ GitHub stars
- Featured on r/selfhosted as "Plex without the BS"
- Backed by Jellyfin community + Jellyfin Project
- Strong fork community (Emby > Jellyfin transition done)
- Frequent releases with public roadmap
Tips & operations
- GPU passthrough for transcoding — CPU transcoding is too slow for multiple streams
- Library scanning is slow — bulk metadata fetch takes time on large libraries
- Mind transcoding storage — temp files can fill disk; configure transcode location
- Persistent volumes — config + metadata + library mounts
- Backup config + metadata — re-scanning rebuilds; metadata backup is fastest restore
- Mobile sync = data usage — pre-download on WiFi vs cellular
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: Jellyfin + persistent volumes
- Pinned
jellyfin/jellyfin:10.10(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via first-run wizard
- Persistent volumes for config + cache + media mounts
- GPU passthrough optional (Intel QSV most common)
- Backup hook covers config + metadata (media opt-in due to size)
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |