Jellify (verb) - to make gelatinous

A music player for Jellyfin built with React Native.

Background

I wanted to create a music app that could handle extremely large music libraries (i.e., 100K+ songs) and not get bogged down. I wanted to avoid syncing the database to the device when the library changes, and instead opt for a heavily cached persistence layer instead. I discovered Tanstack Query and combined it with React Native MMKV and the rest was history!

This app was designed with me and my dad in mind, since I wanted to give him a sleek, one stop shop for live recordings of bands he likes (read: the Grateful Dead), with a UI that he'd find instantly familiar and useful. CarPlay / Android Auto support is also a must for him.

Designed to be lightweight and scalable, Jellify caters to those who want a music player experience similar to what's provided by music streaming services.

Features

Current

• Available via Private Testflight
• Home screen access to previously played tracks, artists, and your playlists
• Full Last.FM Plugin support
• Library of Favorited Music, not too dissimilar to how streaming services handle your 'library'

Roadmap

• Full playlist support, including creating, updating, and reordering
• Quick access to similar artists and items for discovering music in your library
• Support for Jellyfin mixes
• CarPlay / Android Auto Support
• Public Testflight
• Offline Playback

Lemme see!

Home

Favorites / Library

Player

Built with:

Frontend

Tamagui
React Navigation
React Native Vector Icons

• Specifically Material Community Icons

React Native CarPlay
React Native Blurhash

Backend

Jellyfin SDK
Tanstack Query
React Native Track Player
React Native MMKV

Love from Wisconsin 🧀

This is undoubtedly a passion project of mine, and I've learned a lot from working on it (and the many failed attempts before it). I hope you enjoy using it! Feature requests and bug reports are welcome :)

Special Thanks To

• The Jellyfin Team for their amazing server software
• Tony, Alyssa for their contributions

Running Locally

Clone the repository and run npm i to install the dependencies