Jellyfin vs jellyfin-webos

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Jellyfin		jellyfin-webos
	Project
1,034	Mentions	58
29,579	Stars	595
4.4%	Growth	3.4%
9.9	Activity	5.4
6 days ago	Latest Commit	10 days ago
C#	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

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-webos

Posts with mentions or reviews of jellyfin-webos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-30.

Audio tracks mismatched issue of Swiftfin
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 5 Apr 2023
Is jellyfin really so much better than Plex?
12 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Mar 2023

Yup. Personally, I've installed it via dev mode, but the in the web browser it's pretty much the same experience. There is a github issue for webos 4 as well here
Problems with Dolby Vision files on LG WebOS client?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 11 Mar 2023
WebOS 4 Status Check
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 1 Jan 2023

Happy New Years! I had previously been following this Github issue (for a long time) and was very excited when WebOS 5 support was officially launched.
How to adjust CSS Issue on webOS?
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 3 Dec 2022

It is an official client, as appears on their page.
Jellyfin is finally out for WebOS 5
2 projects | /r/jellyfin | 1 Dec 2022

I've been refreshing the Github issue daily for those 2 months. So glad to hear it's out!
Why is there no "play next episode automatically" option in the WebOS app? Please don't be like all the other algorithm worshippers who think their users know worst, I want to disable auto play.
1 project | /r/jellyfin | 16 Nov 2022

Hey OP, check this bug report: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/53
Why I use Jellyfin for my home media library
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Oct 2022

It should be coming for webos 5. It’s currently just held up in the review process for their store. https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/99

9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Oct 2022

I've also been waiting for the Jellyfin app on LG and have been following this issue: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-webos/issues/99
Current status LG QA is testing it and if it passes should be available in the LG Content Store soon after that.
No DD 5.1 audio on direct stream/play of LG TV
3 projects | /r/jellyfin | 27 Sep 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Jellyfin and jellyfin-webos 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.

PeerTube - ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

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

Calibre Web - :books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database

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-tizen - Jellyfin Samsung TV Client

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

jellyfin-kodi - Jellyfin Plugin for Kodi

Swiftfin - Native Jellyfin Client for iOS and tvOS

jellyfin-web - Web Client for Jellyfin

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.

s3fs-fuse - FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3