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Jellyfin MPV Shim

MPV-Based Jellyfin Client with Offline Sync.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: Izzie Walton
Latest version: 3.3.0 (22 October 2026)
Latest activity: 23 October 2026
Source code: github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim

Overview

Jellyfin MPV Shim is a media server client program, available on Windows and Linux.

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

“MPV-Based Jellyfin Client with Offline Sync” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-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

About

Jellyfin MPV Shim is a fully featured Jellyfin client built on top of MPV with support for offline sync, media browsing, background casting, syncplay, music, live TV, books, and photos. It does not depend on or use a webview and doesn't mess with MPV's video output pipeline, allowing for HDR and tone mapping support.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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