Is they're an easy way to make my Jellyfin accessible outside of my home network for free?

2026-07-05 17:41 UTC

I have docker installed, but only have a vague idea of how it works. Back in the day, I would just port forward, but even then, I would need a static IP somehow. I have heard a reverse proxy is an option, but that is an entirely new topic to me. Surely there is an easy way to access Jellyfin outside of my home network that I’m just missing. *Edit: I am blown away by all the help and support! I currently have tailscale running, and I’m in the process of purchasing a domain. Thanks everyone!

Replies (9)

@quick_snail@feddit.nl 2026-07-06 02:41

Consider a Tor Onion Service with client side certs for auth

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@ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-06 00:41

Device -> VPN Tunnel (ideally WireGuard) -> Home Router / Server. The only port that needs to be opened is your WireGuard server which typically is :51820. The issue with this is you have explain VPN’s and WireGuard to people which, in my experience turns people away as they see it as a hassle. Alternatively buy a domain, setup DDNS so that your home IP is associated with your domain, setup a reverse proxy and open port :443 on your router however, I would suggest a blacklist-first approach and only whitelist the few known IP’s you can trust.

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@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-05 20:48

Personally I didn’t want to have to hand out VPN credentials to everyone, so I went with a cloudflare tunnel with Authelia as the method of authentication.

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@pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2026-07-05 22:33

You can still just open it to the internet. Just do it on IPv6 instead. You won’t find it by scanning IP ranges like they do on IPv4. You’ll want to set up DNS for it though. Also get a free TLS cert from LetsEncrypt. It’s a bit of work initially.

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@chellomere@lemmy.world 2026-07-05 22:20

I use pangolin and subdomains on my domain. It works really well, and enables SSO login to all services on the network.

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@uuj8za@piefed.social 2026-07-05 23:12

https://netbird.io/ for your own private network of trusted devices, it’s free and doesn’t require a separate Big Tech account to use (unlike Tailscale) And then if you want to share Jellyfin with someone who isn’t in your Netbird network… believe it or not, also Netbird https://docs.netbird.io/manage/reverse-proxy

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@xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2026-07-06 07:56

wanted a free solution ends up buying a domain Welcome to the club, buddy!

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@wilmo@programming.dev 2026-07-05 18:00

Tailscale. It’s free. Insanely easy to set up. Just install on your devices and connect via the given tailscale ip for the jellyfin server.

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@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-07-07 05:00

for a beginner with just a few remote clients, tailscale all the way. though I still like doing it the old way with a custom nginx setup, fail2ban and a domain name, but its more work to make it secure and even then it’s still somewhat of a liability.

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