Jellyfin
★ 4.1What it actually doesJellyfin is a free self-hosted media server with a mobile app for Android that allows streaming video, audio, and photos from your own server without registration or tracking. It works stably with proper configuration but has limitations in feature completeness (player, navigation, file management) and occasional interface bugs.
Actually does
- ✓Video streaming70% of reviews
- ✓Music streaming50% of reviews
- ✓Photo cloud30% of reviews
- ✓Self-hosted80% of reviews
- ✓Open source40% of reviews
- ✓Ad-free50% of reviews
- ✓No telemetry30% of reviews
- ✓No account required40% of reviews
- ✓Video player40% of reviews
- ✓Music player30% of reviews
- ✓Интеграция с Android Auto20% of reviews
- ✓Организация медиа-библиотеки40% of reviews
- ✓Управление сервером20% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Live streaming
- ⚠Стриминг на Chromecast
Common complaints
- ✗Unstable file indexing15% of mentions
«Scans as it pleases, finds a different number of files each time, sees folders or maybe doesn't»
- ✗Android Auto not working properly10% of mentions
«Android Auto doesn't remember the position in the track, no folder filtering, filters by metadata differently than in the app»
- ✗Missing basic player controls10% of mentions
«audio track selection doesn't work, can't skip by double-tapping»
- ✗Full-screen video mode bug10% of mentions
«Player doesn't expand video to full screen, empty bars remain where the navbar and status bar are»
- ✗Issues with SMB folders7% of mentions
«playback from SMB folder doesn't work»
What people praise
- ★Free self-hosted solution without tracking
«No registration required, you just connect to your own server and it works locally without demanding anything»
- ★Stable video and music playback
«Works great, plays stably on both PC and Android»
- ★Convenient media library management
«best app for organizing your media library, organized a collection of 12 terabytes»
- ★Good alternative to Plex (no ads and bugs)
«best alternative to Plex, switched from Plex and have no desire to go back»
- ★Unified interface with web version
«Server management capability is the same as in the web version»