Want to run Jellyfin server. For only me and family. Want it to be remote accessible to listen to music or watch shit away from home. - sh.itjust.works

When I see this sort of thing, and other people are trying to do it, a reverse proxy or vpn is always mentioned. Heres my question: How Dangerous is it to just open the port for it on my router and access it like that? Lets say i want to access jellyfin from Kodi on my xbox or something outside my network, the vpn solution wouldnt work for this i would think. My issue with reverse proxies, and why im asking, is it seems less secure? I mean Im well aware that an IP is easy to get, i guess. But how likely is someone to look for something on my network specifically? With reverse proxies it seems like i would be broadcasting my server to the internet in a way its easier to happen across, than someone being interested in a random residential IP. I run a minecraft server for friends on my main computer anyway, and i know tons of people do that, theoretically thats the same level of danger as opening my network for jellyfin specifically. VPN isnt an option because of this xbox stuff i mentioned and people in my family who have 0 chance of understanding it regardless. So what is the better option, going through this reverse proxy ( which im actually also unsure would work with kodi) or rawdog the server on my network. I guess leaving the server exposed? or every device even.