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🌟 Highlights
Add option to always burn in subtitles when transcoding #4459, by @GertSallaerts
We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 12.0! This major release brings many new features, improvements, and bugfixes to improve your Jellyfin experience. As always, please ensure you take a full backup before upgrading!
Before upgrading from an earlier version, a full backup of the data directory is strongly recommended, as this release includes database changes that prevent rolling back without a full restore.
Direct upgrades from 10.10.7 and 10.11.x to 12.0 are supported; intermediate upgrades are not required. Users running releases older than 10.10.7 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 10.10.7 before migrating to 12.0.
Installed repository plugins (anything not built-in) should also be removed before migrating. Plugins will likely need time to adapt to the new database changes, so re-adding them afterward is the safest approach for testing.
Official plugins compatible with Jellyfin are available through the stable plugin repository. If you have changed to the unstable plugin repository please change it back.
We're running a full path-based check on all library items to clean up left overs. Depending on size this can take some time
Alternative versions of media that were auto resolved (not manually merged) will be removed due to data type issues -> A full library scan will fix this again and is therefore REQUIRED AFTER UPGRADE
First scan will take significantly longer than normal and some movies might appear as newly added due to type issues that got fixed on-scan
Multiple versions for episodes
Similarity & recommendation providers
Search providers, letting plugins extend or replace how search results are produced
SchedulesDirect and EPG refresh fixes
Fixes to the parental rating system
Proper data pruning on file replacement/deletion
Support triple+ digit episode numbers
Add library-specific BoxSet and Playlist filtering, allowing per-library collection and playlist views
CACHEDIR.tag support
Accept-Language header support
Add VideoRotation profile condition for Android TVs that do not support rotation metadata
Parse provider IDs from season and episode folder/file names
Allow tmdb, tvdb, and imdb as aliases for the tmdbid, tvdbid, and imdbid provider IDs
Add curly brace and parentheses support for parsing attribute values
Add NameStartsWith and NameLessThan filters to Person search
Add new filters for audio and subtitle languages
Add OriginalLanguage as option to PreferredAudioLanguage
Add a collection API for Included In feature
Add support for VobSub subtitle streams
Add Tmdb missing episode provider
Breaking and behavior changes
Legacy route prefixes removed (/emby/* and /mediabrowser/*). Old third-party clients that rely on them will stop working
Legacy authorization is now disabled by default, and a migration disables it on existing installs as well
Removed obsolete API routes: POST /Users/{userId}/EasyPassword (the EasyPassword feature is gone), GET /Items/{itemId}/CriticReviews, GET /Environment/NetworkShares, POST /System/MediaEncoder/Path, GET /LiveTv/Recordings/Groups/{groupId}, and GET /QuickConnect/Initiate
The global subtitle configuration has been removed, subtitle settings are configured per library
.ogg is no longer treated as a video extension and is audio only, .aifc is now recognized as audio, and .aiff is no longer treated as an image
Symlinks are only resolved at playback time
Sorting by name now uses SortName and CleanName, and the same cleaning logic is applied to ForcedSortName. Library ordering may change compared to 10.11
Image endpoints no longer upscale beyond the source resolution, so low resolution artwork renders at its real size instead of being enlarged
Username capitalization can now be changed. Usernames are stored in a normalized column with a unique index, so installs with usernames that differ only by case need to be corrected before upgrading
Database and performance
Playlists and collections are now properly relational, using a new LinkedChildren table instead of serialized child lists. OwnerId and PrimaryVersionId are real GUID foreign keys, and ExtraIds has been dropped
Many tuning migrations covering item counts, item names, type and clean name, latest items, image info, and primary version id
Migration routines clean up existing data on first boot: duplicate music artists and people are merged, orphaned extras and external data are removed, incorrect owner relationships are repaired, and clean names, forced sort names, and series presentation keys are recomputed
Heavy database tasks no longer run while a library scan is in progress
Faster queries for Resume, Next Up, rewatching, Latest Items for music, playlists and collections, artist lookup, and item counts
Item deletion is batched, which fixes "too many SQL variables" failures when deleting large numbers of items
jellyfin.db can now be stored at a custom path
Operations
New --mode startup flag with MediaServer, MigrateSystem, and SeedSystem, allowing migrations or database seeding to be run without starting the server. This is useful for containerized and orchestrated deployments and for controlled upgrades
The startup interface has been restyled and now shows version and activity information
Disabled plugins are no longer re-enabled on restart
Full system backups skip corrupt keyframe rows instead of failing
Media and subtitles
Subtitle writing now goes through SubtitleEdit, which is what avoids the SSA to ASS conversion and loss of styles
External subtitles can be embedded into MKV when transcoding
The subtitle extraction timeout is now configurable
Client-rendered graphical subtitles are allowed during remux
Fixes for races in concurrent subtitle conversion, cache invalidation when a subtitle is replaced, and ffmpeg hangs during extraction
New HlsAudioSeekStrategy configuration option
Trickplay: existing files are discovered during a scan, duplicates from interlaced video are fixed, invalid PTS values from containers are normalized, and the cache is cleaned up after a failure
Live TV
Live TV no longer returns unreachable "server-local" streaming URLs to clients
XMLTV background images and episode thumbnails are now imported
XMLTV guide imports skip programs whose data has not changed, using an ETag computed from the fields the server actually consumes, which makes repeat guide refreshes considerably cheaper. Other listings providers stay on the existing field-by-field update path
Metadata and providers
ListenBrainz is now bundled with the server and provides similar artist data with a selectable similarity algorithm
TVDB provider IDs are supported for movies
AudioDb artist search
ReplayGain album gain is parsed
MusicBrainz lookups are more resilient
WEB-DL release tags are recognized in file names
Hyphenated numbers in episode titles are no longer parsed as multi-episode files
3D format detection works when the tag is the last token of the path
Person metadata refreshes are queued instead of blocking the request
Transcoder
New upstream version of FFmpeg 8.1
Optimized CUDA transposing filter performance
Optimized OCL scaling filter performance
Optimized OCL tonemapping filter performance on Mali GPU
Use EOTF from BT 2446 Method B for HLG tonemapping
Fix potential A/V desync in HLS when transcoding video while remuxing audio
Avoid SSA to ASS conversion and loss of styles
Add spec-compliant dvh1 HLS variant for DoVi P5 for compatibility
Web
The Modern layout is now the default, the previous layout is now called Legacy
Updated Music Videos view
Updated Mixed Media view
Updated Collections & Playlists view
Updated Books view
Add still watching prompt
Add delay setting for photo slideshow
Add caching of queries to indexed db for the tanstack query client for improved loading performance
Add watch feature to log viewer
Add , and . as controls to scrub frame-by-frame
Add filters for audio and subtitle languages (modern layout only)
Add Collections and playlist tab to all libraries
Add collections to item details page
Replace libpgs with libbitsub and adds support for vobsub rendering
Merge cards for crew with multiple roles
Layout and themes
All themes now derive from a shared base theme built on CSS variables, including Dark, Light, WMC, Blue Radiance, Apple TV, and Purple Haze. Custom themes may need to be adjusted
The library toolbar has been merged into the app bar, with a sticky library header and design polish throughout the library
Custom links can be added to the Modern layout
The screensaver time setting is now available in the Modern layout
Libraries and browsing
Collections and folders tabs for book libraries, and a folder view in the Modern home videos layout
Default tab options for Home Videos and Photos libraries
Studio search, and an extended Studios tab
Play All and Shuffle buttons on the series library. Both are disabled rather than hidden when no items are available
Improved Upcoming view
Sorting and filtering on the Activity page
A Reset Filters button in the filter dropdown
Folders can be marked as played
TV show creators are shown on item details
Similarity providers can be configured per library
Pagination controls are hidden when paging is disabled
Playback
The playback info overlay is more compact and shows more detail
Chapter names are shown in the OSD slider bubble
Bitrate detection now runs in web
Dolby Vision in MKV on webOS 25 and newer
AV1 fMP4 stream copy on TV clients
Direct play of anamorphic video on Tizen, and loosened anamorphic restrictions for browser device profiles
On iOS, background playback continues when the screen is turned off, and audio normalization is disabled to fix pitch and speed issues
libbitsub updated to v1.11.0 with an HLS offset fix
The screensaver is suppressed while viewing photos or reading
TV and remote
Game controller navigation fixes, and the gamepad repeat rate is no longer tied to framerate
Keyboard controls work on non-Latin keyboard layouts, with additional fixes for older browsers
Rewind and FastForward play state commands are handled
SyncPlay menu update, and the SyncPlay ping is now reported to the server
Focused and checked checkbox styling in the TV layout
Under the hood
WebSockets have been migrated to SDK subscriptions
The React and TypeScript migration continues with the libraries, Live TV, and networking pages, and the dashboard user pages now use the TS SDK
TanStack Query now backs user settings and home screen sections, and the query cache is cleared when the server restarts
Notable fixes
Blurry card images on high DPI displays, and card image sizes are rounded up
Duplicate /socket connections
Login loop, connecting to the wrong server when several are configured, and native shell server selection when signing out
An invalid request for all items on page load
The Live TV default landing tab
Holding and dragging on media no longer activates multi-select
A warning is shown before restoring a version, a warning is shown when starting a backup while a scan is running, and a library scan starts automatically when folders are added to a library
Security
Server:
Path validation has been added to the legacy HLS segment endpoints and to the plugin image endpoint, so a requested file must resolve inside the transcode directory
Path traversal hardening has been extended to the image and plugin endpoints and to username path handling, building on the fixes released in 10.11.x
The startup wizard can no longer be re-run without authentication on a misconfigured server
Unsafe plugin package names are rejected by the plugin installer
Parental filtering is enforced on additional endpoints, playlist visibility has been corrected, non-admin access to additional parts has been fixed, and people are exempt from the allowed tags visibility check
Web:
Cross-site scripting via person roles
Auth parameters are encoded when creating API clients
The login disclaimer only allows common link protocol schemes
Books
Books have often taken a backseat in favor of video playback in Jellyfin, but this should no longer be the case.
We have started a concerted effort to improve book support across the API and our official clients.
eBook and comic support is still maturing, but the ODPS plugin allows for direct access from a wide range of popular self-hosted programs.
Correspondingly, contributions in any repository are extremely welcome from the wider community.
That includes server improvements, documentation changes, and third-party clients for book playback.
A combination of eBook, comic, and audiobook support is available on the following clients.
One notable omission from the server is book series as unique entities, which didn't make the cut for this release.
If you would like to bridge the gap until they are added, feel free to use the Folio plugin to display them as collections.
It functions very similar to the TMDb Box Sets plugin but only applies to eBooks.
Another in-flight feature is audiobook chapters, which are only available from the API at present.
Luckily, this means client support is now possible, so you should see them appear in your favorite audiobook client before our next server release.
NOTE: The Bookshelf plugin has been deprecated and its features have been merged into server or extracted into the ComicVine and GoogleBooks providers.
Server Changes
Bookshelf has been split into separate GoogleBooks and ComicVine providers
Local book parsing has been improved and is available without plugins
Book metadata is extracted directly from OPF and ComicInfo files or ComicBookInfo comments
External covers are now supported for audiobook files
Posters are generated for EPUBs and all supported comic archives
Name, index, year, and series are parsed from book filenames
Both volume and chapter will be available in the API when present in comic filenames
Page counts are extracted from comic archives and PDFs
Creator names from OPF data are normalized to a common format
A new OpenLibrary plugin has been created for metadata and images
ISBN external IDs and links are supported
Chapters are now extracted from audiobooks
Web Changes
Modern book library layout has been added with view types and paging
Books display information about their authors and vice versa
Playback interface has been redesigned and standardized across all book types
Progress indicator is enabled again for supported eBooks
Sorting books by index number, release date, etc is now available
Font size selection has been improved for EPUB files
Background audiobook playback is working on iOS devices
Authors, collections, and folders tabs have been added to book libraries, and audiobooks appear under authors
Fullscreen behavior is unified across all book players, and PDFs support swipe navigation
Developers
API Changes
The API no longer allows the use of deprecated authorization mechanisms by default.
Clients and tooling need to migrate if they haven't done so already. See #15559 for details.
There have been a number of other changes to the SDK libraries and API as part of an ongoing effort to better document the API for client use.
Please note the following with regards to API support.
A full explanation of our policy for API changes will be added to the developer documentation in the coming months.
If an endpoint isn't listed in the OpenAPI specification it should not be used by clients.
There are certain endpoints that are still exposed for legacy reasons despite being excluded from the OpenAPI spec.
These can be removed in any major release without warning
If an endpoint or parameter is marked as obsolete in the OpenAPI specification it should not be used by clients.
Same explanation as above.
As a general rule, any deprecations will be marked as such for an entire (major) release cycle before the deprecated endpoint or parameter is liable for removal.
Behavior changes clients should be aware of:
GetItems is now asynchronous and applies recursive when filters are requested, limited to requests that include includeItemTypes. The same query can return a different result set than it did on 10.11
ItemByName responses are restricted and people are deduplicated
Newly obsolete but still functional, with replacements:
GetTrailers -> use GetItems with includeItemTypes=Trailer
GetArtists and GetAlbumArtists -> use GetPersons
GetArtistByName -> use GetPerson
GetMusicGenre -> use GetGenre
GetInstantMixFromMusicGenreById and GetInstantMixFromMusicGenreByName -> use GetInstantMixFromItem
GetStartupConfiguration, UpdateInitialConfiguration, and SetRemoteAccess -> use the configuration endpoints
GetRecordingsSeries
UserDto.HasPassword is marked obsolete and no longer provides useful information
The HLS controllers are hidden from the specification
Platform
The server now targets .NET 10. Plugins have to be retargeted and rebuilt
Swashbuckle has been updated to v10, which changes the generated OpenAPI document, so SDKs need to be regenerated
jellyfin-web now builds with Node 24 LTS and npm 11
Plugin changes
ISearchEngine has been replaced by ISearchManager, and SearchEngine has been replaced by SearchManager together with SqlSearchProvider
Removed: NowPlayingQueueFullItems, DtoExtensions.AddClientFields, Jellyfin.Extensions.AlphanumericComparator, the ISubtitleWriter family of subtitle writers, and SubtitleOptions with SubtitleConfigurationFactory
ServerConfiguration.EncoderPreset is no longer nullable
IAuthenticationProvider.HasPassword has been removed
IPasswordResetProvider.StartForgotPasswordProcess takes the entered username and a nullable user
IUserManager: the Users and UsersIds properties are now the GetUsers and GetUsersIds methods, and RenameUser, ResetPassword, and ChangePassword take a user id instead of a User. GetFirstUser has been added
Several IItemRepository members moved to the new services: item saving and deletion and UpdateInheritedValues to IItemPersistenceService, counts to IItemCountService, and Next Up series keys to INextUpService
IPeopleRepository.GetPeople and ILibraryManager.GetPeopleItems return a QueryResult, and IDtoService.GetBaseItemDtos and ILibraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast have new signatures
IDirectoryService.GetFilePaths no longer takes a sort argument, and the IPathManager subtitle and attachment path getters are now nullable
New plugin APIs
This release adds several extension points that plugins could not hook into before.
Search providers. Plugins can now take part in search itself rather than only in metadata lookup. ISearchProvider exposes Name, Type, Priority, and CanSearch(SearchProviderQuery), with IInternalSearchProvider for providers that search the local library and IExternalSearchProvider for providers that stream SearchResult items from a remote service. Providers are registered through ISearchManager.AddParts and are consulted in priority order, so a plugin can extend or take over from the built-in SqlSearchProvider
Similarity and recommendation providers.ISimilarItemsProvider is split inherited by ILocalSimilarItemsProvider, IRemoteSimilarItemsProvider, and IBatchLocalSimilarItemsProvider, each with a generic variant so a provider can declare the item type it handles. Providers are selected and ordered per library through LibraryOptions.SimilarItemProviders and SimilarItemProviderOrder, and ISimilarItemsManager also pulls movie recommendations. The bundled ListenBrainz provider is built on this
Comic metadata providers.IComicProvider (ReadMetadata and HasItemChanged) lets a plugin supply comic metadata alongside the built-in ComicInfo and ComicBookInfo readers
Chapters for any item type.IChapterManager.SaveChapters now takes a BaseItem rather than a Video, and gained a Supports(BaseItem) check. This is what makes audiobook chapters possible, and it lets plugins save chapters for non-video items
Password resets for unknown users.IPasswordResetProvider.StartForgotPasswordProcess now receives the entered username along with a nullable user, so a provider can handle a request for a username the server does not know or hand the reset off to an external provider
Media segment cleanup.IMediaSegmentProvider.CleanupExtractedData is called when an item's data is pruned, so segment providers can remove their own extracted files
Schedules Direct.ISchedulesDirectService exposes available countries, service availability, and the image daily limit state, so Live TV plugins no longer need to reimplement them. ITunerHostManager.DeleteTunerHost allows removing a tuner
Alternate versions and linked children. Now that linked children are relational, ILibraryManager exposes ResolveAlternateVersion, GetLocalAlternateVersionIds, GetLinkedAlternateVersions, GetItemIdsWithAlternateVersions, and UpsertLinkedChild. Plugins that manipulated version links through serialized item data need to move to these
Batch APIs for bulk work.IUserDataManager gained GetUserDataBatch, GetResumeUserData, GetResumeUserDataBatch, and ResetPlaybackStreamSelections. ILibraryManager gained GetPeopleByItems, GetPeopleNamesByItems, and GetNextUpEpisodesBatch. IItemCountService offers batched child and played/total counts
Localization.ILocalizationManager.GetServerLocalizedString and GetLanguageDisplayName let plugins localize against the server locale
ICollectionManager.GetCollectionsContainingItem backs the Included In feature, and IPlaylistManager.AddItemToPlaylistAsync takes a position so items can be inserted at the top of a playlist
IHasEmbeddedImage is also new, but it is only for plugins compiled into the server; external plugins should keep declaring their image with imagePath in meta.json.
TLS Configuration
In the previous release notes 10.11.0 we announced the deprecation of the built-in TLS certificate handling for this version. This change has been postponed to a future version.
Introduced a brand new Light theme, which can be enabled from Settings > Display > Theme > Light. (See #15)
Reworked the seekbar styling to fix several issues, including inaccurate seekbar tooltips and positions.
Improved support for the "Theme videos" feature. (Preview)
Added card snapping to horizontal scrolling lists on phones.
Added a hover effect to app bar tabs and buttons, and fixed the focus styling on the delete button.
Added sticky save button in user settings pages.
Added a way to show the "Ends At..." text and hide the Tomatoes rating icon on phones. (See #12)
Added a way to switch between IMDb and TMDB star colors. (See #14)
Added monospace font variant to the time text around seek bars.
Made some icons thicker and slightly tweaked their shadows for improved visibility.
Improved compatibility with the Jellyfin 12 legacy UI, fixing the credits table, clear logo position, and the music artist page.
Fixed an issue where the top bar buttons were not clickable on some browsers and devices.
Fixed the seekbar thumb not aligning with the progress level at the seekbar ends.
Fixed the item column gap and other overrides not being applied on phones.
Refactored huge chunks of code to make creating custom color themes easier. (More Info)
Optimised some code to improve stability and compatibility.
Improved compatibility with the external links added by Jellyfin Enhanced. (#296 - thanks @Macleykun)
Improved compatibility with the "Episodes On Series Page" feature in KefinTweaks.
Fixed the horizontal overflow in the "TMDB Reviews" section when using Jellyfin Enhanced.
Avoided adding unintended margins on the home screen sections added by KefinTweaks.
Breaking Changes
The app bar styles can no longer be switched using --appBarHeight. You will need to use the code block documented in the updated customisation section. (See #8.)
Jellyfin Media Player and some outdated TVs are not fully supported as they may lack support for newer CSS features.
This is a hobby project. If it helped you, your support really means a lot.
You may use the provided CSS file for self-hosting purposes. Alternatively, you may use the following code snippet to get the latest version via a free CDN.
We are pleased to announce the seventh release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc7 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the seventh release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc7 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the sixth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc6 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the sixth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc6 or preview tags.
This is a small release backporting a few changes to the stable version of the app. We'll be starting the beta for version 0.20 in the coming weeks, which will require Jellyfin 10.11 or newer.
We are pleased to announce the fifth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc5 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the fifth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc5 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the fourth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc4 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the fourth release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc4 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the third release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc3 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the third release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc3 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the second release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc2 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the second release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before its final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was. For more information, please see the RC1 release notes.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
Note: You must be on Jellyfin 10.10.7+ or 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. Ensure you upgrade to one of these versions first!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process. You can leverage the (newly improved!) startup UI on your local network to see specific progress, or off-network to see general progress, by visiting the server URL in your web browser during startup.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all external plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc2 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the first release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceeding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was.
Thus, we are now on two digits:
The first digit is the major release. Expect signifiant changes between major releases. Do not ever auto-update to a new major release without first checking the release notes, and always take a backup of your server data and config before a major release upgrade.
The second digit is the minor release. These are primarily bug and security fix releases, and do not introduce significant feature or functionality changes. You can, usually, safely auto-update between minor releases and should not need a full backup, but it is prudent just in case. You should also ALWAYS strive to run the latest point release as security fixes are embargo'd for at most 2 weeks after the release.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
There are many other small fixes, improvements, changes, and translations. See our draft release notes here or below for the full list of pull requests.
Note:You must be on Jellyfin 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. I have been informed that I was wrong here, and upgrades from 10.10.7 are also possible, same as 10.11.x!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc1 or preview tags.
We are pleased to announce the first release candidate preview release of Jellyfin 12.0!
This is a preview release, intended for those interested in testing 12.0 before it's final public release. We welcome testers to help find as many bugs as we can before the final release.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup before upgrading!
A note about versioning
Starting with this release, we are dropping the preceeding 10. from our versioning. Thus, 10.11.x -> [10.]12.x = 12.x. The reason is simple: at this point in the project, we don't envision a hard break in the API like we planned way back in the early days, and this version scheme was causing a lot of confusion amongst users about what a "major" release was.
Thus, we are now on two digits:
The first digit is the major release. Expect signifiant changes between major releases. Do not ever auto-update to a new major release without first checking the release notes, and always take a backup of your server data and config before a major release upgrade.
The second digit is the minor release. These are primarily bug and security fix releases, and do not introduce significant feature or functionality changes. You can, usually, safely auto-update between minor releases and should not need a full backup, but it is prudent just in case. You should also ALWAYS strive to run the latest point release as security fixes are embargo'd for at most 2 weeks after the release.
What's new?
The main goal of this release has been performance. 10.11.0 dropped a major backend rewrite, and while it was broadly functional, it had a lot of rough edges. This release seeks to polish out most of those rough edges and bring better performance to all users.
There are many other small fixes, improvements, changes, and translations. See our draft release notes here or below for the full list of pull requests.
Note:You must be on Jellyfin 10.11.x (ideally, 10.11.11) before upgrading! If you are not, the upgrade will fail. I have been informed that I was wrong here, and upgrades from 10.10.7 are also possible, same as 10.11.x!
Note: The initial load of Jellyfin 12.x will run a few migrations and will take several minutes. Please be patient and do not interrupt the process.
Note: If you install the RC, you should disable all plugins and reinstall using the unstable plugin repository, or plugins may fail to load and cause unintended side effects.
Installing
This preview release is distributed in all our traditional forms, though not automatically via our Apt repository or latest tag.
For all non-Docker environments, you can find the files for manual download in our repository by selecting "Stable Preview" for your OS.
For Docker, you can pull the 12.0-rc1 or preview tags.
Jellyfin Desktop is the new desktop client that should be more compatible with the theme.
Jellyfin Media Player and some outdated TVs are not fully supported as they may lack support for newer CSS features.
I have switched to a recent Jellyfin Server so older server versions are no longer supported.
This is a hobby project. If it helped you, your support really means a lot.
You may use the provided CSS file for self-hosting purposes. Alternatively, you may use the following code snippet to get the latest version via a free CDN.
We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.11.11! This minor release brings several bugfixes to improve your Jellyfin experience. As always, please ensure you take a full backup before upgrading!
You can find more details about and discuss this release on our forums.
We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.11.11! This minor release brings several bugfixes to improve your Jellyfin experience. As always, please ensure you take a full backup before upgrading!
You can find more details about and discuss this release on our forums.
We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.11.10! This minor release brings several bugfixes to improve your Jellyfin experience. As always, please ensure you take a full backup before upgrading!
You can find more details about and discuss this release on our forums.
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