Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
Arvio unifies Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, and Stremio into one Android TV interface. Discover the best addons to extend its capabilities: media servers, IPTV, tracking, metadata, and utility addons explained.
Emby Premiere unlocks hardware transcoding, mobile sync, and premium features. Break down the monthly, yearly, and lifetime pricing, what you actually get, and whether it is worth it versus Jellyfin free.
Plex alternatives in 2026: with Lifetime Plex Pass at $749 and remote streaming paywalled, the community is leaving fast. This guide compares Jellyfin, Emby, Immich, Navidrome, Kavita, Komga, Audiobookshelf, Stremio, and Kodi - which one fits your use case?
Dispatcharr is a self-hosted IPTV stream proxy and connection manager that sits between your IPTV provider and Jellyfin or Emby. It manages concurrent stream limits, provides automatic failover between providers, offers real-time stream statistics, and eliminates the buffering caused by exceeding your provider connection cap. Complete Docker setup guide with Jellyfin and Emby integration.
Tracearr is a self-hosted playback tracking application that records viewing history from Jellyfin, Emby, and Plex simultaneously into a single unified database. Unlike server-specific plugins (Jellyfin Playback Reporting, Tautulli), Tracearr provides cross-platform analytics, long-term history retention, and integrates with tools like Emby Wrapped and Reclaimerr for year-in-review stats and storage cleanup decisions.
WatchState is a self-hosted tool that synchronizes watch history and play state between multiple media servers and tracking services simultaneously. Run Jellyfin and Plex pointing at the same library? WatchState keeps watched status in sync across both. Migrating from Plex to Jellyfin? WatchState transfers your entire history. This guide covers Docker setup, multi-backend configuration, conflict resolution, and real-world sync workflows.
You left Plex. Your media is on Jellyfin or Emby. Everything works, except you have no idea who is watching what. Tautulli was your dashboard for years and it does not work with anything except Plex. This guide covers every replacement option: JellyWatch for mobile monitoring with push notifications, Jellystat for web-based analytics, Streamystats for lightweight stats, and how to combine them for complete visibility.
Plex just announced its Lifetime Pass will jump from $250 to $750 on July 1, 2026, the second massive price hike in 18 months. The self-hosting community is in revolt. This guide covers what happened, what it means for your server, and how to migrate to Jellyfin or Emby this weekend, including replacing Tautulli with proper monitoring tools.
Reclaimerr is a self-hosted application that helps you reclaim disk space by identifying unwatched and low-rated media in your library. It integrates with Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby (simultaneously if needed), supports Radarr and Sonarr for managed deletions, offers a protection system so users can save content from cleanup, and includes multi-user permissions with notification support via Apprise.
