Jellyfin vs jellyfin-server-freebsd

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Jellyfin		jellyfin-server-freebsd
	Project
1,034	Mentions	28
29,579	Stars	176
4.4%	Growth	-
9.9	Activity	5.4
6 days ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
C#	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Jellyfin

Posts with mentions or reviews of Jellyfin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-05.

Kodi 21.0 "Omega"
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Apr 2024
Netflix: Piracy Is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2024

At least for the last point i can recommend jellyfin. It has a web interface, a android tv app and an iphone app. I use it on my phone, tv and in the browser.
https://jellyfin.org/
What has become so expensive that it’s not worth buying anymore?
1 project | /r/AskReddit | 6 Dec 2023
List of your reverse proxied services
29 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Dec 2023

Jellyfin as local Netflix
Jellyfin 10.8.13 – Two security fixes
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Nov 2023
Nolan Says Buy Oppenheimer on Blu-ray So No Evil Streaming Service Can Steal It
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Nov 2023

It's a pain to get set up initially, but the Automatic Ripping Machine[1] plus Jellyfin/Plex/etc[2] makes for a great combination.
[1] https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-rippi...
[2] https://jellyfin.org/
.NET 8 Standalone 50% Smaller On Linux
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Nov 2023

I serve videos from my home Linux server using Jellyfin[0][1] and previously ran Emby[2] (from which Jellyfin was forked). Jellyfin is written in C# and runs on .Net 7.0.
[0] https://jellyfin.org/
Plug and play server software hosted locally(windows 10 desktop) that is easy to use and accessible from anywhere via the net and has a decent UI
2 projects | /r/software | 1 Nov 2023

Jellyfin maybe https://jellyfin.org/ Plugins https://github.com/awesome-jellyfin/awesome-jellyfin
Show HN: JellyBox – Jellyfin Desktop Client(beta)
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Oct 2023
The Tailscale Universal Docker Mod
22 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2023

jellyfin-server-freebsd

Posts with mentions or reviews of jellyfin-server-freebsd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.

Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2023
Ultimate Media Server (30k BUDGET) build recommendations
2 projects | /r/HomeServer | 9 Apr 2023

On the server side, I'd actually recommend TrueNAS Core in a ZFS RAID-z2 to allow for two drive failures. https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd/blob/main/Installation_TrueNAS_GUI.md
Is it possible to run Jellyfin on OpenBSD?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 17 Mar 2023
Jellyfin - Using old gaming PC with i5 7600k and 1080, should I sell the 1080?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 12 Mar 2023
jellyfin on truenas core 13 (latest stable)
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 1 Mar 2023

Look at the troubleshooting section of this guide for the plugin, it might be helpful.
Can I use TrueNAS on my JF server?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 24 Feb 2023

I used the "Advanced" section of this guide.
Core or Scale?
1 project | /r/truenas | 4 Feb 2023
Script for jellyfin lffmpeg
2 projects | /r/truenas | 3 Feb 2023
Linus Tech Tips next video is about Plex vs. Jellyfin. Have a look
4 projects | /r/jellyfin | 30 Jan 2023

I can't speak with first hand experience on the TrueNAS Core issue. But it took me 10 seconds and the first Google result to find this: https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd
I want to switch to BSD
3 projects | /r/freebsd | 30 Sep 2022

1) https://github.com/Thefrank/jellyfin-server-freebsd

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Jellyfin and jellyfin-server-freebsd you can also consider the following projects:

OpenMediaVault - openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.

ONLYOFFICE - ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.

Navidrome Music Server - 🎧☁️ Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic

Joplin - Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Piwigo - Manage your photos with Piwigo, a full featured open source photo gallery application for the web. Star us on Github! More than 200 plugins and themes available. Join us and contribute!

jellyfin-web - Web Client for Jellyfin

Emby - Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.

kepubify - Fast, standalone EPUB to Kobo EPUB conversion tool.

Swiftfin - Native Jellyfin Client for iOS and tvOS

budgie-desktop - I Tawt I Taw A Purdy Desktop

iptvnator - :tv: Cross-platform IPTV player application with multiple features, such as support of m3u and m3u8 playlists, favorites, TV guide, TV archive/catchup and more.

vala-panel-appmenu - Global Menu for Vala Panel (and xfce4-panel and mate-panel) - GitHub mirror