Jellyfin
The free, open-source media server with no strings.
Jellyfin is a community-driven fork with no paywalls, subscriptions or telemetry. Everything Plex charges for — including hardware transcoding — is free. It's the top choice for privacy-focused users who want full control.
Jellyfin is the free, open-source media server for people who want to own their setup outright. It grew out of Emby and is developed entirely by the community, with no company behind it, no accounts required, and no telemetry phoning home. Every feature Plex reserves for its paid tier — most notably hardware-accelerated transcoding — is included for free.
Functionally it does what you expect from a media server: it scans your movies, TV, music and books, fetches metadata and artwork, and streams to apps on phones, TVs, browsers and more. It supports live TV and DVR, multiple users with parental controls, and rich plugin extensions. Because it is fully self-contained, nothing breaks if a company changes its business model.
The main trade-off compared with Plex is polish: some client apps and the remote-access setup are rougher and more manual, though they improve rapidly with each release. If privacy, cost and control matter most to you, Jellyfin is the clear choice. Pair it with Jellyseerr for household requests and the *arr apps for automation to build a completely hands-off, fully open media library.
Fonctionnalités clés
- Completely free, no accounts required
- Hardware transcoding included
- Live TV and DVR
- Active open-source community
Avantages
- No paywalls or telemetry
- Fully self-contained
- Rapidly improving
Inconvénients
- Client apps less polished than Plex
- Remote setup is more manual