Maicon PinheiroSep 10, 2025

So I decided to try to have a self-hosted music streaming service. As I already have a movie service called Jellyfin: https://jellyfin.org/. And for my surprise Jellyfin also supports music, and has an app just for it! The app is called Jellify and it's on Github: https://github.com/Jellify-Music/App.

So, Jellyfin is kinda great at fetching movies metadata, I do have some problems with it, but at least it works sometimes. But sadly, it looks like things are pretty worse when it comes to music. I've quickly downloaded 3 songs for testing purposes. And Jellyfin didn't get any metadata.

I've searched the internet about it, and after going through some forum discussions, I've realized this is a major problem of Jellyfin. And also, I've discovered a program called Musicbrainz Picard: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/. Part 1/2

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Show threadMaicon PinheiroSep 10, 2025

And it's great! It fetches metadata automatically and even reorganizes the music files by folders if I want to.

So, after running Picard on the files, Jellyfin seems to now finally organize all my 3 testing songs, by artist, albums and etc. Before that, I was convinced it would get a mess.

Jellify user interface isn't so great, but it's very functional and usable. It supports downloading songs for using the app without consuming mobile data, which is great.

That's it for now. I'll have to do some more research and testing to know the full potential of this setup. Will it take the place of my Spotify signature? Probably. I'm still not quite sure about that. If it has the scrobbler feature, I could use Last.fm to generate music recommendations and stuff for me. Just like Spotify does. Part 2/2

Show threadViolet CaulfieldSep 11, 2025
@iMaicon hey! Iā€™m the Jellify dev - what would you like to see improved? :)
Show threadMaicon Pinheiro

@violexene oh hey, first of all, nice to meet you!

Here are my improvement suggestions:
1) Make things smaller on the home screen, and discover UI. Maybe make it adjustable depending on the system's DPI.
2) Another thing that would be interesting to see is some backgrounds. All white just feels too simple,
3) Dark and white themes options, and also an option to follow the system's setting.

Thanks for reaching out and to be interested in users feedback!

Sep 11, 2025 at 8:10pmWeb
Show threadViolet CaulfieldSep 13, 2025

@iMaicon hey thanks for the feedback on Jellify!

1. Implemented this morning - just restart the app to update :)
2. Heard! We will look to add more color to the light mode
3. This is currently available in the settings :)

Hope this helps!

Show threadMaicon PinheiroSep 15, 2025
@violexene the app updated today. And I see you've considered the things that I said. Thanks so much. It's looking better now šŸ˜Š