Media Server — your library, your rules.

Your movies, music, and photos on a filesystem that never silently corrupts a frame. ZFS compression means your 4TB library fits in 2.5TB of disk. Snapshots mean you can undo that accidental delete. And it's yours — no subscription, no cloud, no limits.

The recipe

# Start with a kldload desktop or server install, then:

# Create a compressed media dataset
kdir -o compression=zstd -o recordsize=1M /srv/media

# Option A: Jellyfin (free, open source)
kpkg install jellyfin
systemctl enable --now jellyfin
# Browse to http://your-ip:8096

# Option B: Plex (free tier, proprietary)
# Download .deb/.rpm from plex.tv and install with kpkg

# Organize your media
kdir /srv/media/movies
kdir /srv/media/tv
kdir /srv/media/music
kdir /srv/media/photos

# Snapshot your library (undo accidental deletes)
ksnap /srv/media

# Access deleted files via the hidden .zfs directory
ls /srv/media/.zfs/snapshot/

What you'll learn