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Radarr vs Jellyfin Media Player

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Radarr

8.0
Media & Design

Fork of Sonarr to work with movies à la Couchpotato

Jellyfin Media Player

7.0
Media & Design

Jellyfin desktop client

Metric Radarr Jellyfin Media Player
Category Media & Design Media & Design
AI Score 8.0 7.0
30-day Installs 132 362
90-day Installs 450 1.0K
365-day Installs 1.6K 4.0K
Version 6.1.1.10360 1.12.0
Auto-updates Yes No
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 13.2K 5.4K
GitHub Forks 1.1K 500
Open Issues 438 350
License GPL-3.0 GPL-2.0
Language C# C++
Last GitHub Commit 3mo ago 2mo ago
First Seen Apr 23, 2017 May 4, 2021

Reviews

Radarr

Radarr is a popular media manager for movies, offering automation and integration with various downloaders. It caters to users who prefer a self-hosted, organized approach to managing their movie collections.

Automates the discovery and downloading of movies through torrents or usenet.

Pros

  • + Efficient automation for movie management
  • + Strong community and active development
  • + Integration with other media tools like Jellyfin and Sonarr

Cons

  • - Some feature requests indicate room for improvement
  • - Past memory leak issues, though reportedly resolved

Jellyfin Media Player

Jellyfin Media Player is a desktop client for the Jellyfin media server, offering a streamlined way to stream and manage your media collection. It supports a wide range of media formats and is optimized for performance, making it ideal for users who prefer an open-source alternative to proprietary media players.

Streams and manages media content from a Jellyfin server to your desktop.

Pros

  • + Open-source and community-driven
  • + Supports a wide variety of media formats and features
  • + Optimized for M1 Macs, ensuring good performance

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature, requiring manual updates
  • - High number of open issues may indicate ongoing development challenges