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Jellyfin vs proton-lumo
Jellyfin has 57,244 GitHub stars, 5,523 forks, 684 open issues and last shipped yesterday. proton-lumo has 5,590 stars, 711 forks, 155 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Jellyfin leads on adoption by 924% (57,244 vs 5,590 stars). Jellyfin is written in C# under GPL-2.0; proton-lumo is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. Jellyfin has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, proton-lumo 13%. proton-lumo 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 | proton-lumo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 57K | ★ 5.6K |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C# | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.5K | ⑂ 711 |
| 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 proton-lumo if
- You want the proton-lumo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and proton-lumo 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.
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About proton-lumo
Proton WebClients is a monorepo hosting the Proton web clients. It lives in the Proton ecosystem and holds the web applications, their dependencies, shared modules, and all tooling surrounding web client development. Applications inside include Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive, Proton Account, Proton VPN, Proton Pass, Proton Wallet, Proton Lumo, and Proton Meet. Code and data files ship under GNU General Public License version 3.
read the full proton-lumo overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Jellyfin or proton-lumo more popular?
Jellyfin has 57,244 GitHub stars and proton-lumo has 5,590. Jellyfin has the larger community by that measure.
Are Jellyfin and proton-lumo free?
Both are open source. Jellyfin is licensed under GPL-2.0 and proton-lumo under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Jellyfin and proton-lumo?
Jellyfin is written in C# and proton-lumo in TypeScript. 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 proton-lumo?
Choose Jellyfin if you want the larger community (57,244 stars) or its GPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose proton-lumo if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.