jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop

Jellyfin Desktop Client

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Jellyfin Desktop

Jellyfin desktop client built with Qt WebEngine and libmpv. Supports audio passthrough, hardware decoding, and playback of more formats without transcoding.

Screenshot of Jellyfin Desktop

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Built from the latest commit on master.

macOS

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Building

See dev/ for platform-specific build instructions.

File Locations

Data is stored per-profile in a profiles/<profile-id>/ subdirectory. The main configuration file is jellyfin-desktop.conf. You can also add mpv.conf to configure MPV directly.

Windows:

  • Config: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\
  • Cache: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\
  • Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\logs\

Linux:

  • Config: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/.cache/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/logs/

Linux (Flatpak):

  • Config: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/cache/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/logs/

macOS:

  • Config: ~/Library/Application Support/Jellyfin Desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/Library/Caches/Jellyfin Desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/Library/Logs/Jellyfin Desktop/<profile-id>/

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jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop

Jellyfin Desktop Client

5,734

stars

1,323

commits

C++

primary language

Aug 31, 2026

updated

jellyfin
jellyfin-client

README

Jellyfin Desktop

Jellyfin desktop client built with Qt WebEngine and libmpv. Supports audio passthrough, hardware decoding, and playback of more formats without transcoding.

Screenshot of Jellyfin Desktop

Downloads

Development Builds

Built from the latest commit on master.

macOS

Windows

Linux

Building

See dev/ for platform-specific build instructions.

File Locations

Data is stored per-profile in a profiles/<profile-id>/ subdirectory. The main configuration file is jellyfin-desktop.conf. You can also add mpv.conf to configure MPV directly.

Windows:

  • Config: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\
  • Cache: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\
  • Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\profiles\<profile-id>\logs\

Linux:

  • Config: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/.cache/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/logs/

Linux (Flatpak):

  • Config: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/cache/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/logs/

macOS:

  • Config: ~/Library/Application Support/Jellyfin Desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Cache: ~/Library/Caches/Jellyfin Desktop/profiles/<profile-id>/
  • Logs: ~/Library/Logs/Jellyfin Desktop/<profile-id>/

Contributors

(top 30 of 102)

iwalton3

371 commits

andrewrabert

212 commits

pcalves

207 commits

tru

104 commits

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