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Jellyfin Media Player vs Plezy: catalog facts
Jellyfin Media Player	Plezy
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Open source under the GPL 3.0; downloads are offered free on the website.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
libmpv playback with hardware decoding and audio passthrough, unlike a browser Direct plays formats a browser would force the server to transcode	Works with both Plex and Jellyfin servers Wide direct-play codec support with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision
Requires a Jellyfin server; it is not a general media player The last tagged release is from March 2025	Needs an existing Plex or Jellyfin server Third-party client, so new server features may lag behind official apps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-only
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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