Jellify

jellify (verb) - to make gelatinous

Jellify is a music player for Jellyfin built with React Native. It has a UX meant to feel familiar if you’ve used other music streaming apps.

Background

I was after a music app for Jellyfin that showcased my music with artwork and had the ability to algorithmically curate music (not that you have to use Jellify that way). I also wanted to create a music app that could handle my extremely large music libraries (i.e., 100K+ songs) and not get bogged down. The end goal was to build a music streaming app that worked like the big guys, all while being FOSS and powered by self hosting.

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). The UI was designed so that he'd find it instantly familiar and useful. CarPlay / Android Auto support was also a must for us, as we both use CarPlay religiously.

TL;DR Designed to be lightweight and scalable, Jellify caters to those who want a mobile Jellyfin music experience similar to what's provided by the big music streaming services.

Features

Current

• Available via Private Testflight
• iOS and Android support
• Carefully crafted Light and Dark modes
• 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'
• Full playlist support, including creating, updating, and reordering

Roadmap

• 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
• Web / Desktop support

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
React Native File Access

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, Trevor, and Jordan for their testing and feedback from the early stages of development
• Alyssa, for your artistic abilities and the artwork you made for Jellify. It gave it the flair it undoubtedly needed