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fathom

A modern desktop client for Jellyfin, with an optional built-in YouTube player and Seerr requests.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: keyboard shortcuts, scheduled tasks, web interface and playlists.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “One player for everything. Jellyfin and YouTube share the same control bar, seek bar, speed control, track pickers, and keyboard shortcuts, plus a Playback Info overlay that shows codecs, resolution, and the live…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Run your server from the app: users, libraries, scheduled tasks, transcoding, Live TV and DVR, and more, without the web dashboard.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Run your server from the app: users, libraries, scheduled tasks, transcoding, Live TV and DVR, and more, without the web dashboard.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “YouTube, built in (optional): search, subscriptions, local playlists, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, downloads, theater mode.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

fathom is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub TraceApps/fathom (AGPL-3.0-only)

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