<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-License
media	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
suite	B-Application
of	I-Application
multimedia	I-Application
applications	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
organize	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
digital	O
media	O
files	O
to	O
networked	B-Architecture
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
server	B-Application
application	I-Application
installed	O
on	O
a	O
machine	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
in	O
a	O
Docker	B-Language
container	I-Language
,	O
and	O
another	O
application	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
client	O
device	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
,	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
smart	B-Device
TV	I-Device
,	O
streaming	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
,	O
game	O
console	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
also	O
can	O
serve	O
media	O
to	O
DLNA	O
and	O
Chromecast-enabled	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Emby	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
follows	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
model	I-Operating_System
that	O
allows	O
for	O
multiple	O
users	O
and	O
clients	O
to	O
connect	O
,	O
even	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
and	O
stream	O
digital	O
media	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
runs	O
as	O
a	O
fully	O
self-contained	O
server	B-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
subscription-based	O
consumption	O
model	O
that	O
exists	O
,	O
and	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
does	O
not	O
utilize	O
an	O
external	O
connection	O
nor	O
third-party	O
authentication	O
for	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enables	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
to	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
isolated	O
intranet	B-General_Concept
in	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
fashion	O
as	O
it	O
does	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
it	O
shares	O
a	O
heritage	O
with	O
Emby	B-Operating_System
,	O
some	O
clients	O
for	O
that	O
platform	O
are	O
unofficially	O
compatible	O
with	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
's	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
diverges	O
from	O
Emby	B-Operating_System
,	O
this	O
becomes	O
less	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
a	O
direct	O
migration	O
path	O
from	O
Emby	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
is	O
extensible	B-Application
,	O
and	O
optional	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
exist	O
to	O
provide	O
additional	O
feature	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
hosts	O
an	O
official	O
repository	B-Application
,	O
however	O
plugins	B-Application
need	O
not	O
be	O
hosted	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
repository	B-Application
to	O
be	O
installable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
10.6.0	O
of	O
the	O
server	B-Application
software	I-Application
introduced	O
a	O
feature	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
SyncPlay	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
functionality	O
for	O
multiple	O
users	O
to	O
consume	O
media	O
content	O
together	O
in	O
a	O
synchronized	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
to	O
read	O
epub	O
ebooks	O
with	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
was	O
also	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
introduced	O
is	O
multiple	O
plugin	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
can	O
now	O
create	O
unofficial	O
plugins	B-Application
for	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
and	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
wait	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
plugin	B-Application
repository	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
began	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
when	O
co-founders	O
Andrew	O
Rabert	O
and	O
Joshua	O
Boniface	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
agreed	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
Emby	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
direct	O
reaction	O
to	O
closing	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
development	I-Application
on	O
that	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reference	O
to	O
streaming	O
,	O
Jellyfin	B-Application
's	O
name	O
was	O
conceived	O
of	O
by	O
Rabert	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jellyfin	B-Application
's	O
unique	O
version	O
numbering	O
began	O
with	O
version	O
10.0.0	O
in	O
January	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
