Jellyfin

easy
Media

Free and open-source media system for streaming movies, TV, music, and more.

2 GB RAM min Active development iOS & Android
GitHub Docs Website

Replaces

NetflixSpotify

Pros

  • Completely free and open source
  • No tracking or paid tiers
  • Good client app ecosystem
  • Hardware transcoding support

Cons

  • Fewer clients than Plex
  • Metadata fetching can be inconsistent
  • UI less polished than Plex

Tags

mediastreamingmoviestvmusictranscoding

Pairs nice with

Commonly used together in self-hosted setups.

Sonarr

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Radarr

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Movie collection manager that automatically finds and downloads movies from various sources.

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Navidrome

easy

Lightweight music server compatible with Subsonic clients.

0.25 GB RAM

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