Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
ChartHound is a self-hosted Docker application that combines music metadata tagging with real Billboard chart data, playlist creation pushed directly to Plex/Emby/Jellyfin, missing chart hit discovery via Prowlarr, album hunting through MusicBrainz, and missing movie/TV tracking via Radarr and Sonarr. Ships with 108,000+ Billboard chart entries pre-loaded.
Poster Tools is a free browser-based design suite for creating custom posters, title cards, and showcase layouts for your Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin library. No Photoshop, no install, no design skills required. Poster Lab builds season sets with TMDB artwork and pushes directly to your server. Card Lab creates episode title cards with full typography control.
ARVIO is a free, open-source Android TV app that combines Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, Stremio addons, IPTV, Trakt sync, and streaming catalogs into one beautiful remote-first interface. No server required, no ads, no subscriptions. This guide covers everything you need to know.
Jellystat is the free, open-source statistics dashboard for Jellyfin. It gives you everything Tautulli gives Plex users: per-user watch history, most-played content, playback method breakdown, and a beautiful web dashboard. This guide covers Docker setup, API connection, and getting the most out of your data.
Plex now requires a $749.99 Plex Pass or $7/month subscription to stream your own media remotely. Jellyfin does the same thing for free, forever. This step-by-step guide gets you migrated , watch history, metadata, and all clients , in a single weekend.
Emby and Plex are the two biggest commercial media servers in 2026. This honest comparison covers pricing, hardware transcoding, mobile apps, privacy, Live TV, and which one deserves your money - or whether you should skip both for Jellyfin.
Looking for the best free media server in 2026? Compares Jellyfin, Plex free tier, Emby free tier, Kodi, Dim, Universal Media Server, Stremio, and Navidrome - features, limitations, and recommendations.
Samsung Smart TVs run Tizen OS and Jellyfin is not in the Samsung app store. This guide covers the easiest method: a single Docker command that builds and deploys the Jellyfin Tizen app to your TV in under 2 minutes. No Tizen Studio, no complex setup. Plus alternatives if sideloading is not for you.
Jellyfin claimed 51% of the self-hosted media server market in 2024, surpassing Plex for the first time. This article explores why the shift happened, what it means for the ecosystem, and why 2026 is the best time to switch.
