cmyflix
Minimalist Plex/Jellyfin alternative to stream video.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 3% of tracked projects; popularity more than 11%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 193 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 0.27 · 18 Dec 2025 |
| Repo updated | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | C, deb |
Is cmyflix actively maintained?
cmyflix logged 2 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, 0.27, is about 9 months old.
cmyflix ranks #14 of 17 tracked media streaming - multimedia streaming projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What cmyflix actually does
cmyflix is a minimalist self-hosted alternative to media servers like Plex and Jellyfin for streaming video over a network. It provides a lightweight backend for hosting and playing personal video collections without the heavy resource footprint of larger ecosystems. Because the available documentation is sparse, expect basic media indexing and playback functionality typical of early-stage streaming daemons.
Best fit: This software suits resource-constrained hardware setups or minimalists who want a simple, low-overhead video streaming endpoint rather than a fully-featured media center.
Worth knowing: The project exhibits low maintenance activity and a very small community, meaning you may encounter unpatched bugs or lack support for advanced features like hardware transcoding or rich client apps. It also faces heavy competition from mature alternatives that offer broader platform support.
Deployment notes
As a compiled C application distributed via a Debian package, it will typically require manual configuration files, a reverse proxy for TLS termination, and persistent storage mounted for your media library. You should also ensure system dependencies are managed carefully since traditional containerised deployment is not explicitly documented.
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