How to: Media Server
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[Overseerr](https://overseerr.dev/) is a free and open source software application for managing requests for your media library. It integrates with your existing services, such as [Sonarr](https://sonarr.tv/), [Radarr](https://radarr.video/), and [Plex](https://www.plex.tv/).

[Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps.

[Swiftfin](https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin) is a modern video client for the Jellyfin media server. Redesigned in Swift to maximize direct play with the power of VLC and look native on all classes of Apple devices.

[Intro Skipper](https://github.com/ConfusedPolarBear/intro-skipper) is a tool that analyzes the audio of television episodes to detect and skip over intro sequences in Jellyfin.

[Jellyseerr](https://github.com/Fallenbagel/jellyseerr) is a free and open source software application for managing requests for your media library. It is a a fork of Overseerr built to bring support for Jellyfin & Emby media servers.

[Midarr](https://github.com/midarrlabs/midarr-server) is a free and open source (and always will be), Midarr aims to provide a tailored experience for you and your users:

   * Beautifully crafted user interface.
   * Real-time online statuses.
   * Simple and easy invite system.
   * Integrates with your existing services, Radarr and Sonarr.
   
[Kirino Media Server](https://kirino.io/) is a lightweight, modular alternative to Plex and Jellyfin.

[Emby](https://emby.media/) is a home media server built on top of other popular open source technologies such as Service Stack, jQuery, jQuery mobile, and Mono. It features a REST-based API with built-in documention to facilitate client development. 

[OpenMediaVault](https://www.openmediavault.org/) is a next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, AFS, UPnP media server, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more.

[MediaElch](https://github.com/Komet/MediaElch) is a MediaManager for Kodi. Information about Movies, TV Shows, Concerts and Music are stored as NFO files.

[tinyMediaManager](https://www.tinymediamanager.org/) is a media management tool written in Java/Swing. It is written to provide metadata for the Kodi Media Center (formerly known as XBMC), MediaPortal and Plex media server. 

[FileBot](https://www.filebot.net/) is the ultimate tool for renaming and organizing your movies, TV shows and Anime. Match and rename media files against online databases, download artwork and cover images, fetch subtitles, write metadata, and more, all at once in matter of seconds.

[Plex media server](https://www.plex.tv/) is a application that gives you the power to add, access and share all the entertainment that matters to you, on almost any device. With 50,000+ on demand titles and hundreds of channels of live TV, plus your own personal media collection, using one powerful app.

[Tautulli](https://tautulli.com/) is a 3rd party application that you can run alongside your Plex Media Server to monitor activity and track various statistics.

[Plex DupeFinder](https://github.com/l3uddz/plex_dupefinder) is a python script that finds duplicate versions of media (TV episodes and movies) in your Plex Library and tells Plex to remove the lowest rated files/versions (based on user-specified scoring) to leave behind a single file/version.

[Prometheus Exporter for Plex](https://github.com/jsclayton/prometheus-plex-exporter) is an expose library playback, storage, and host metrics in a Prometheus format.

[Infuse](https://firecore.com/) is a Video Player for iOS, Apple TV, and Mac. It plays every video file ever created to avoid wasting hours converting and transcoding files.

[InfuseSync](https://github.com/firecore/InfuseSync) is a plugin for Emby and Jellyfin media servers that tracks all media changes to decrease sync times with Infuse clients. 

[InvidTUI](https://darkhz.github.io/invidtui/) is an invidious client, which fetches data from invidious instances and displays a user interface in the terminal, and allows for selecting and playing Youtube audio and video.

[Polaris](https://github.com/agersant/polaris) is a music streaming application, designed to let you enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device. Polaris works by streaming music directly from your computer (or cloud server), without uploading it to a third-party.

[AirSonic](https://hub.docker.com/r/airsonic/airsonic) is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music.

[TubeSync](https://github.com/meeb/tubesync) is a PVR (personal video recorder) for YouTube. Or, like Sonarr but for YouTube (with a built-in download client). It is designed to synchronize channels and playli