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Any ideas of what to run next? Just looking for some inspiration (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by RPaisley@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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[–] Sweet_Baby_Moses@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Plex for years. The client is available for almost any device, and it doesn't require any media management, just download a TV or Movie into a directory and adds the metadata immediately. Like Netflix at home. You can also build public links for friends to view your library.