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OpenJelly

Liberate your Jellyfin plugins. Any language. Any platform. Total freedom.

What is OpenJelly?

OpenJelly is the ultimate plugin gateway for Jellyfin, designed to break free from the .NET plugin lock-in. Write plugins in any language you love. Python, Rust, Go, Node.js. OpenJelly handles the rest.

  • Minimal dependency on Jellyfin itself.
  • Only one tiny UI bridge plugin inside Jellyfin.
  • Full language-agnostic plugin ecosystem.
  • Event-driven, modular, and scalable.

Think of it as Jellyfin, supercharged for developers.

Why You’ll Love It

  • Freedom - Code plugins in your favorite language.
  • Safety - Isolated plugins crash themselves, not your server.
  • Stability - OpenJelly shields plugins from Jellyfin core changes.
  • Power - Automate, enhance, extend, or integrate with anything.
  • UI Injection - Seamlessly inject menus, panels, and dashboards.

How It Works

  1. UI Bridge Plugin: Minimal Jellyfin-native plugin that exposes UI events and injection points.
  2. OpenJelly Gateway: Translation layer running externally; handles events, API translation, plugin registry, and messaging.
  3. External Plugins: Language-agnostic, event-driven, isolated. Communicate via REST, gRPC, or WebSockets.

Flow:
Jellyfin → UI Bridge → OpenJelly Gateway → Plugins → Gateway → UI Bridge → Jellyfin

Plugin Possibilities

  • Metadata enrichment and AI tagging.
  • Automated recommendations and notifications.
  • External transcoding helpers or preprocessors.
  • Real-time analytics dashboards.
  • Cross-platform orchestration or cloud-local hybrid plugins.

Basically: If it’s possible in code, OpenJelly lets you plug it into Jellyfin without .NET friction.

Getting Started

Coming soon:

  • One-command installation of the gateway.
  • Automatic plugin registration.
  • UI bridge installation in Jellyfin.
  • Prebuilt examples in Python, Rust, Node.js, and Go.

Developers, get ready to finally write Jellyfin plugins the way you want to.

Join the Revolution

OpenJelly isn’t just a library, it’s a movement for plugin freedom.
Follow, star, and contribute. Let’s liberate Jellyfin together.

OpenJelly - Write plugins without limits.