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CLUSTER MEDIA-MUSIC-SERVER · 46 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2009-01-13

Self-hosted media servers

This cluster consists of self-hosted media server software and clients that let users organize, stream, and share personal video, music, and photo collections across devices, often including live TV support. Dated entries before the index start are sparse, with a few in 2016 and 2021, and several in 2026, showing an intermittent rather than steady pattern. Jellynext leads traction with 1 activity star, ahead of Jellyfin and emby-server-beta.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2009: 1NOV 2015: 1JAN 2016: 1JUL 2016: 1FEB 2021: 1APR 2023: 1MAR 2024: 1MAY 2024: 1JAN 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 12SEP 2026: 17OCT 2026: 7
JAN 2009OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 6 hobby · 1 commercial · 9 open source · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21emby-server-beta0★18 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceSelf-hosted media server that organizes and streams personal videos, music, photos, and live television to connected devices.
  2. 22cinomni0★13 daysliveSelf-hosted media server that discovers, downloads, imports, subtitles, and streams movies and television series in one interface.
  3. 23VodHub0★14 days—hobbySelf-hosted media site that aggregates video from user-configured sources and presents browsable playback through multiple templates and an admin panel.
  4. 24LocalTube0★1 moliveopen sourceSelf-hosted mobile app that runs a local streaming server, letting users browse and play videos from major platforms on any device on the network.
  5. 25vuio-web1★1 mo—Web interface for a media server that plays video and audio, browses folders, shows photos, and controls network renderers offline.
  6. 26moviesaboard2★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted application that broadcasts a personal media library as an always-on linear TV station.
  7. 27Jellyfin for Android TV0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceTelevision client app that streams personal media libraries, live TV and recordings from a self-hosted media server.
  8. 28jellynext1★1 molivehobbyWeb client for self-hosted media servers that provides browsing, playback, metadata editing, remote control, and watch-together features.
  9. 29jifileserver-windows0★1 mo—Self-hosted file and media server for Windows that lets users browse, share, and stream videos, music, and photos from a browser or mobile app.
  10. 30stash-android0★26 days—open sourceMobile client that browses, organizes, and streams media from a self-hosted media server with search, filtering, and performer and tag organization.
  11. 31media-streaming-project0★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted media service that lets users upload, search, and stream videos over a local network.
  12. 32batatata0★1 moliveai-builtWeb app that streams media by linking to third-party hosted files without storing content on its own server.
  13. 33cobalt-app0★1 mo—hand-codedopen sourceSelf-hosted frontend for a media downloader that lets users download videos and audio from various websites.
  14. 34Stremio Service0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceBackground service that runs a streaming media server for accessing and watching video content on demand.
  15. 35Jellyfin Server0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceSelf-hosted media server that organizes personal movies and music and streams them to any device through a web interface.
  16. 36Delfin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceNative streaming client for a self-hosted media server that plays movies and TV shows with intro-skipping and thumbnail scrubbing.
  17. 37plexmediaserver0★unknownlivehand-codedcommercialMedia server application that organizes and streams personal video, music, and photo libraries to phones, TVs, and other connected devices.
  18. 38minidlna-jdstrand0★unknownliveopen sourceA lightweight home network server that streams music, photos, and videos to compatible media players, smart TVs, and mobile devices.
  19. 39upnp-server0★unknownlivehobbyMinimal home server that accepts file uploads over a network protocol and streams the shared media to devices over a home network.
  20. 40immich desktop0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop client that connects to a self-hosted photo and video server to browse, upload, download, and stream personal media libraries.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.