Self-hosted · Your own sources · No Docker

Watch it straight away, in Jellyfin

Search, pick the file you want, press play. It appears in your Jellyfin library and streams on demand — on your TV, your phone, your browser — without ever filling up your disk.

You bring the sources. JellyFreedom has no catalogue of its own: it looks only where you tell it to, and plays only what you choose.

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Up and running in one line

Debian or Ubuntu. Sets up everything for you, and leaves anything you already have alone.

curl -fsSL https://github.com/MoonTheRipper/JellyFreedom/releases/latest/download/get.sh | sudo bash

Then open http://<your-server>:1990/dashboard/, create your account, and upload a WireGuard file from whichever VPN you use. Until you do, nothing will transfer at all — that is deliberate.

What it looks like

Real screenshots — nothing here is a mockup.

Find it

Type a name, pick the right title. Cover art and descriptions come from TMDB.

The search page, showing results as cover art

Choose the file — or don’t

Every option shows its quality, video and audio format, size, and how many people are sharing it, so you can tell a good one from a bad one at a glance. Leave it alone and a sensible choice is made for you.

Choosing which file to play, with quality and size shown for each option

Your library, as a tree

Shows open into seasons, seasons into episodes. A show that is still airing says “Up to date”, never “Complete” — so you notice when the next episode lands.

The library, showing shows expanding into seasons and episodes

Watch things arrive

The queue is a tree too, and anything that needs you sorts to the top.

The request queue, grouped by show and season

A dashboard that tells you what’s left

Every row links straight to the thing that fixes it.

The setup dashboard, listing each component and whether it is ready

Why JellyFreedom

Built for the living room, and for staying private.

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Works on what you own

Jellyfin is the app you actually watch in, so your Apple TV, phone, tablet and browser all just work. There is no extra app to install.

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Your disk stays empty

Only the part you are watching is held, in memory, with a hard size limit. Watch one film or a hundred — disk usage does not move.

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Private, or nothing

That traffic can only leave through your VPN. If the tunnel drops, it stops dead rather than falling back to your normal connection. Checked every minute.

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Nothing goes stale

Links point at the title, not at one particular copy. If whoever was sharing it disappears, the next play just finds another one.

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A proper interface

Search, a queue, a file picker and a calendar for everyone in the house — plus an admin side for health, VPN files, accounts and settings.

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No Docker, any VPN

Plain programs and normal system services. Bring a WireGuard file from any provider, or run your own.

How it works

Four steps, and you only do the first one.

You search

It looks in the places you added and shows you what is there, with quality and size for each.

It picks

Either you choose, or it takes the best one — favouring files that play without your TV having to work hard.

It appears

The title shows up in your Jellyfin library straight away, ready to play.

You watch

Press play on any device. It streams while you watch and lets go when you stop.