Emby

{{Distinguish|Enby}}

{{Short description|Media server software}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox software

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| developer = Emby Team

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| latest release version = 4.8.10.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|09|30|df=yes}}{{cite web

|title=Releases

|url=https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases

|website=Github

|access-date=2024-10-18

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| latest preview version = 4.9.0.30-beta

| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2024|08|25|df=yes}}

| programming language = C#

| operating system = Cross platform

| platform = {{Plainlist|

• Server:
  macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Nvidia Shield TV, Synology Disk Manager, Netgear, QNAP, Unraid, Drobo, ASUStor, Thecus, SCIPEN Plus Tv Emby Beta, Seagate, and Western Digital
• Player:
  Apple TV, Fetch TV, iOS, macOS, Amazon Appstore, Android, Chromecast, Roku OS, PlayStation, Sonos, Oculus Go, SCIPEN Plus Emby Beta, Android TV, webOS, Tizen, Windows, and Xbox}}

| repo = {{url|https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases}}

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| language = Multi Language

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| genre = Media server

| license = Proprietary

| website = {{URL|https://emby.media/}}

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Emby (formerly Media Browser){{cite web |url=http://www.windowscentral.com/media-browser-windows-81-gets-rebranded-emby-new-features |title=Media Browser for Windows 8.1 gets rebranded as Emby with new features |last=Callaham |first=John |date=3 April 2015 |website=Windows Central |access-date=2016-07-19}} is a media server designed to organize, play, and stream audio and video to a variety of devices.{{Cite web|url=http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-179-introducing-emby/|title=Introducing Emby |date=17 March 2015 |website=Emby Community Blog |access-date=2015-11-16}} Emby's source code was mostly open with some closed-source components as of August 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/49862-source-code-license/|title=Source Code & License |date=16 August 2017 |website=Emby Community Blog |access-date=2017-08-19}} Releases of the software published via the Emby website are however proprietary{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3075#issuecomment-375100249|title=[Request] GPL Violation|date=21 March 2018|website=Emby Community Blog|access-date=2017-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225073326/https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3075#issuecomment-375100249|archive-date=25 December 2018|url-status=dead}} and cannot be replicated from source due to the build scripts also being proprietary. As of version 3.5.3 Emby has been relicensed and is now closed-source, while open source components will be moved to plugins.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3479#issuecomment-444988160 |title=Beta source code missing #3479 | author = |website=GitHub |access-date=2019-03-12 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212104719/https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3479#issuecomment-444988160 |archive-date=2018-12-12 |url-status=dead }} Due to this, a free open source fork of Emby was created called Jellyfin.{{cite web |url=https://jellyfin.org/ |title=Home |website=jellyfin.org}} Emby uses a client–server model.

Emby Server has been developed for Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. Users can connect to the server from a compatible client, available on a wide variety of platforms including HTML5, mobile platforms such as Android and iOS, streaming devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and Apple TV, smart TV platforms such as Android TV, LG Smart TV and Samsung Smart TV, and video game consoles including the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.{{Cite web|url=https://emby.media/download/|title=Download Emby - Emby|website=emby.media|access-date=2015-11-16}}{{cite web |url=https://www.linux.com/news/exclusive-interview-emby-founder-luke-pulverenti |title=Exclusive Interview: Emby Founder Luke Pulverenti |last=Bhartiya |first=Swapnil |date=28 September 2015 |website=Linux.com |publisher=Linux Foundation |access-date=2016-07-18}}