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Jellyfin vs macro-chat
Jellyfin has 57,244 GitHub stars, 5,523 forks, 684 open issues and last shipped yesterday. macro-chat has 4,345 stars, 416 forks, 100 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Jellyfin leads on adoption by 1,217% (57,244 vs 4,345 stars). Jellyfin is written in C# under GPL-2.0; macro-chat is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. Jellyfin has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, macro-chat 10%. macro-chat was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Jellyfin | macro-chat | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 57K | ★ 4.3K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C# | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.5K | ⑂ 416 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Jellyfin if
- You weight community size — 57K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick macro-chat if
- You want the macro-chat feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and macro-chat fits your workflow better
About Jellyfin
Jellyfin is a free and open source media server that lets an individual or an organisation manage and stream their own movies, music, and other media from a dedicated server to end user devices through multiple client apps.
read the full Jellyfin overview →
About macro-chat
Macro is an open source all in one workspace for teams, built in Rust and SolidJS under AGPL 3.0. It combines email, messages, docs, tasks, agents, calls, file storage, pull requests, and CRM, linking them with a bidirectional graph.
read the full macro-chat overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Jellyfin or macro-chat more popular?
Jellyfin has 57,244 GitHub stars and macro-chat has 4,345. Jellyfin has the larger community by that measure.
Are Jellyfin and macro-chat free?
Both are open source. Jellyfin is licensed under GPL-2.0 and macro-chat under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Jellyfin and macro-chat?
Jellyfin is written in C# and macro-chat in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Jellyfin or macro-chat?
Choose Jellyfin if you want the larger community (57,244 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose macro-chat if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.