🪼 Jellify

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ℹ️ About

jellify (verb) - to make gelatinous
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Jellify is a free and open source music player for Jellyfin. Built with React Native, Jellify provides a user experience that feels familar to other popular music apps and a has featureset to match

Jellify requires a connection to a Jellyfin server to work.

🤓 Background

I was after a music app for Jellyfin that showcased my music with artwork, had a user interface congruent with what the big guys do, 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.

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 Testflight and Android APK
  • APKs are associated with each release
• Light and Dark modes
• Home screen access to previously played tracks, artists, and your playlists
• Quick access to similar artists and items for discovering music in your library
• Jellyfin playback reporting and 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

• Offline Playback
• CarPlay / Android Auto Support
• Support for Jellyfin Instant Mixes
• Shared, Public, and Collaborative Playlists
• Web / Desktop support
• Watch (Apple Watch / WearOS) Support
• TV (Android, Samsung) Support

👀 Lemme see!

Home

Home

Library

Library

Library Artists

Artist

Similar Artists

Album

Album Artists

Track Options

Playlist

Search

Player

CarPlay (Sneak Preview)

On the Server

🏗 Built with:

🎨 Frontend

Tamagui
React Navigation
Burnt
React Native CarPlay
React Native Vector Icons

• Specifically Material Community Icons

🎛️ Backend

Jellyfin SDK
Expo SDK
Tanstack Query
React Native Track Player
React Native MMKV
React Native File Access
React Native Boost

👩‍💻 Monitoring

GlitchTip

💜 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 :)

🏃‍♀️Running Locally

Universal Dependencies

• Ruby
• NodeJS

iOS Instructions

• Clone this repository
• Run npm run init to initialize the project
  • This will install npm packages, install bundler and required gems, and installs CocoaPods
• In the ios directory, run fastlane match development --readonly to fetch the development signing certificates
  • You will need access to the Jellify Signing private repository
• To run locally, run npm run start then run the app on your device or in the simulator
  • Make sure you open the Jellify.xcodeworkspace, not the Jellify.xcodeproject
• To create a build, run npm run fastlane:ios:build to use fastlane to compile an .ipa for you

Android Instructions

• Clone this repository
• Run npm i to install npm packages
• To run locally, run npm run start, then run the app on your devvice or in the emulator
• To create a build, run npm run fastlane:android:build to use fastlane to compile an .apk for you

🙏 Special Thanks To

• The Jellyfin Team for making this possible with their software, SDKs, and unequivocal helpfulness.
  • Extra thanks to Niels and Bill
• James and all other contributors of Finamp. Jellify draws inspiration and wisdom from it, and is another fantastic music app for Jellyfin.
  • James’ API Blog Post proved to be exceptionally valuable during development
• The folks in the Margelo Community Discord for their assistance
• My fellow contributors who have poured so much heart and a lot of sweat into making Jellify a great experience
  • Extra thanks to John Grant for shaping and designing the user experience in many places
• My dear friends that have heard me talk about Jellify for literally eons. Thank you for testing Jellify during it's infancy and for supporting me all the way back at the beginning of this project
  • Tony (iOS, Android)
  • Trevor (Android)
  • Laine (Android)
  • Jordan (iOS)
• My best(est) friend Alyssa, for your design knowledge and for making various artwork for Jellify.
  • You’ve been instrumental in shaping it’s user experience, my rock during development, and an overall inspiration in my life