If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.
As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.
Thanks, and happy streaming!
*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.
Eventually they will add features or have to add functionality that incurs licensing costs that will have to be passed on to users in exactly the same way as Plex found
Why? Why exactly would they have to add something that requires licensing? And if they do, why would the community not simply fork it to remove it?
Money?
Correct. I like keeping my money so I would instantly switch to a free fork.
With respect, I think you're misunderstand what FOSS is. You're applying business logic to a free, open source project, with strong community support. Here is the Jellyfin source code. It includes everything you need to freely build the software including all of it's history and context. Here are improvements that are currently being reviewed, most of them are not from members of the org, but just users of the software who want to make it better.
Anyone can make a copy, or a new base project as a "fork" and if that new fork is still free where do you think all the donations are going to go?
You've been around all this time but can't distinguish between an open source project and a private company's offerings? Come on now...
Why?
[citation needed]