Jellyfin

Jellyfin is the premier free and open-source alternative to proprietary media servers like Plex and Emby. Born from the Emby fork in 2018 when Emby went closed-source, Jellyfin has rapidly grown into a mature, feature-rich platform trusted by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. With absolutely no premium subscriptions, tracking, or vendor lock-in, Jellyfin represents true media freedom—you own your data, control your server, and customize your experience without limitations. The project's vibrant community drives continuous development, adding features and improvements while maintaining complete transparency through open-source development.

Common Use Cases

Home media enthusiasts use Jellyfin to centralize their movie, TV show, and music collections, streaming to every device in their homes without relying on proprietary platforms. Cord-cutters leverage its live TV and DVR capabilities to replace cable subscriptions with over-the-air broadcasts and network tuners. Families appreciate granular user permissions and parental controls for creating safe viewing environments for children. Privacy-focused users choose Jellyfin to avoid the telemetry and analytics collection common in commercial media servers. Content creators and videographers use it to organize and stream large video libraries with hardware-accelerated transcoding.

Key Features

• Completely free with no premium tiers or subscriptions
• Hardware-accelerated transcoding (Intel Quick Sync, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD AMF, VA-API)
• Live TV and DVR with multiple tuner support (HDHomeRun, M3U, etc.)
• Automatic metadata fetching from TMDb, TVDb, MusicBrainz, and more
• Native apps for Android, iOS, Roku, Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV
• Web-based administration and playback interface
• Multi-user support with individual libraries and permissions
• Parental controls and content rating filters
• Collection and playlist management
• SyncPlay for watching content together remotely
• Plugin system for extending functionality
• DLNA server for network device streaming
• Subtitle download and synchronization
• Mobile sync for offline viewing
• Chapter images and trickplay support

Why deploy Jellyfin on Hostinger VPS

Deploying Jellyfin on Hostinger VPS ensures your media library remains accessible 24/7 from anywhere in the world without depending on your home internet connection. The VPS environment provides dedicated resources for smooth transcoding and streaming to multiple concurrent users, enterprise-grade network speeds eliminating buffering even at high bitrates, and consistent availability unaffected by home power outages or ISP issues. You benefit from professional uptime guarantees keeping your media accessible during travel or when away from home, sufficient bandwidth for serving multiple simultaneous streams, and static IP addresses simplifying remote access configuration. Hostinger's infrastructure offers better upload speeds than residential connections for remote streaming, while persistent storage protects your meticulously organized media libraries and watch history across updates. The isolated environment provides enhanced privacy for your personal media collection with no ISP throttling of media traffic.