jellyfin.org

Jellyfin

Who runs Jellyfin, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest media server software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Emby

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Jellyfin

Jellyfin jellyfin.org

The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

Wikidata: free media server

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Jellyfin tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 10 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Jellyfin’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Jellyfin

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Jellyfin, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Emby emby.media English No trackers

    Emby — Your Personal Media Server

    Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your own videos, music, photos, and live TV to your devices.

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  2. 02
    Kodi kodi.tv

    free software media player

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  3. 03
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    streaming media service

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  4. 04
    Stremio stremio.com English 1 tracker

    Stremio - Freedom to Stream

    Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

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  5. 05
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

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  6. 06
    Mpc-hc mpc-hc.org English No trackers

    Home · MPC-HC

    MPC-HC, the free, open source media player for Windows

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  7. 07
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

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  8. 08
    MyBB mybb.com No trackers

    MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software

    The official homepage for MyBB, a free and open source PHP forum software.

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  9. 09
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

    American streaming video service

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  10. 10
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

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  11. 11
    mpv mpv.io No trackers

    mpv.io

    a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

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  12. 12
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English No trackers

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

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  13. 13
    TurnKey Linux turnkeylinux.org English 1 tracker

    TurnKey Linux | Free, preconfigured Linux server images for self-hosting

    Free, preconfigured Linux server images for self-hosting

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  14. 14
    trueconf.ru Russian 3 trackers

    ВКС и чат: настоящие видеоконференции и корпоративный мессенджер

    Наша компания предоставляет необходимое программное обеспечение для видеоконференций UltraHD качества в локальной сети и через интернет. Система Труконф идеально подходит для Вашего бизнеса.

    Compare trueconf.ru with Jellyfin →
  15. 15
    VideoLAN videolan.org Top 10K English No trackers

    VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN

    VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS!

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  16. 16
    JustWatch justwatch.com Top 10K German 1 tracker

    JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

    All your streaming services in one app.

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  17. 17
    Vimeo vimeo.com Top 100 English 2 trackers

    Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform

    The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.

    Compare Vimeo with Jellyfin →
  18. 18
    Discourse discourse.org English 2 trackers

    Discourse | One platform. Any community.

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

    Compare Discourse with Jellyfin →
  19. 19
    Seafile seafile.com English No trackers

    Seafile - Open Source File Sync and Share Software

    Seafile is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share solution with high performance and reliability. Sync, access, and collaborate on files on your own server or private cloud.

    Compare Seafile with Jellyfin →
  20. 20
    Wistia wistia.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Video Hosting & Marketing Platform for Business | Wistia

    Wistia is the complete video and webinar platform for business. Host with an ad-free player, run webinars, record and edit, and measure what drives impact.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Jellyfin’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Jellyfin uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Jellyfin adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 2 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,195
Vector
384-d
Query
55 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Jellyfin’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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