Move over Plex, there’s a new media streaming powerhouse in town.
What Is Jellyfin?
Jellyfinis an open source media streaming solution.
Like Plex, the app is installed as a server with separate client applications for consuming media.
Jellyfin scans your media library and downloadsmetadata(artwork, genre, cast, etc.)
from sources likeTheMovieDbandThe Open Movie Database.
The project is a fork of the popularEmbymedia center which switched to a closed source model in 2018.
Unlike Plex, none of Jellyfin’s features are gated behind a paywall.
Beyond this, the two platforms share a huge amount of functionality.
Jellyfin’s strengths are in its media streaming abilities.
There are also more server and client packages available for Plex since the software is more mature.
You won’t be able to get a taste of the backend configs and preferences from this demo.
Jellyfin is also lightweight and easy to set up on most platforms using the supplied server installers.
Installing Jellyfin takes only a few minutes, and the setup process is largely self-explanatory.
The hardest setup process is arguably using aDocker container, where knowledge of running containerized will come in handy.
