Jellyfin
3 recommend 3 criticize 2 moved to it 1 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“Jellyfin has been great for sharing with friends, and having them share with me.”dbg31415, 2026-09-24original comment ↗
“and then just moved the rest of the video files into a folder called 'ok' and it worked fine.”potatoicecoffee, 2026-09-08original comment ↗
“Jellyfin hits that sweet spot of being what Plex was but I hope they manage to weather the storm of losing a lot of their core team”reprodev, 2026-07-24original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“I wonder if this will finally resolve the issue with me having to login to JellyFin every few days for no apparent reason”y-c-o-m-b, 2026-10-20original comment ↗
“Subtitles are the Achilles heel of Jellyfin (at least the Android client sending the stream to Chromecast stick connected to the TV).”noisy_boy, 2026-09-08original comment ↗
“I switched from Jellyfin to plain SMB + Nova Player (Android)”dmos62, 2026-04-14original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from Jellyfin to
- Jellyfin → Nova Player (1 hacker)
- Jellyfin → SMB (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to Jellyfin from
- Plex → Jellyfin (2 hackers)
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