Jellyfin
Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi.
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Still maintained? Yes: 601 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v12.4 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Netflix and Plex Pass.
At a glance
Jellyfin quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 58,808
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v12.4, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Jellyfin
Full rankings: Netflix alternatives, Plex Pass alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is descended from Emby's 3.5.2 release and ported to the .NET platform to enable full cross-platform support."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Jellyfin scores 99/100, #1 of 17 in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming: 601 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v12.4, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 58,808 stars add 19.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
601 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v12.4 released 4 days ago
- Stars 19.1 / 20
59k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 601
- Last 90 days
- 2,098
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 17 tools in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming by health , just above MediaMTX (#2) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | C#, deb, Docker |
| Latest release | v12.4 · 4 days ago |
| Stars | 58,808 |
| Open issues | 477 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | jellyfin/jellyfin ↗ |
Jellyfin vs its top 5 alternatives
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Jellyfin: common questions
What does Jellyfin replace?
Repoly lists Jellyfin as an open-source alternative to Netflix and Plex Pass. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Jellyfin stands against the others.
Is Jellyfin still maintained?
Jellyfin had 601 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v12.4, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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