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You can now Self-Host Jellyfin On Android via Termux! - George-Seven - 2025-06-09
A few days ago Termux APT Repo officially made udocker(User-space Docker) package available!
Now, using this we're able to run Docker images of servers without needing root, custom kernels, or qemu. This includes running the official Jellyfin Docker image on the phone itself!
You can now make use of your old mobile devices lying around to self-host portable Jellyfin servers.
My announcement and setup
https://github.com/George-Seven/Termux-Udocker
The steps are in the Readme of the GitHub repo. I'll just highlight the ones for Jellyfin below:-
Install Termux from F-Droid and follow these instructions:-
Step-1
Step-2
RE: You can now Self-Host Jellyfin On Android via Termux! - Generator - 2025-06-09
This can be useful if you want a cheap low power (~10w) server/client, there's hundreds of Android boxes with USB3 and gigabit ethernet for $30-40.
Just be aware of chinese malware pre-installed on some boxes, some can be used with custom ROMs like SlimBoxTV.
Not recommended to use this 24/7 on battery devices like phones, battery can overheat and explode