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SiYuan vs Jellyfin
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SiYuan and Jellyfin — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SiYuan vs Jellyfin: at a glance
What is SiYuan?
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
What is Jellyfin?
Jellyfin drops the 10. prefix and puts 12.0 through a three-candidate preview.
The project is running a 12.0 release candidate series alongside a 10.11.x stable line that has thinned to single-fix releases. The RC notes carry one substantive announcement: versioning drops the leading 10., so 10.11.x becomes 12.x, on the reasoning that the hard API break the old scheme anticipated is no longer planned. The stable line's last two releases were three GHSA security fixes and a UserManager lock helper.
SiYuan vs Jellyfin: editorial side-by-side
SiYuan
5.0COLLAB
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
◆ Current state
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads dominate. The first is mobile and multi-OS parity: audio recording on Android and HarmonyOS, S Pen hover for block popovers on Android tablets, batch image insertion in the HarmonyOS editor, back-action dialog ordering, custom font import on mobile, and RPM packaging that coexists with other Electron apps. Treating HarmonyOS as a first-class target alongside Android and iOS is unusual for a note-taking tool this size. The second is the database feature set maturing into a structured-data layer — column alignment, relation backlinks in the attribute panel, item templates, and deep links to individual database items.
◆ Prediction
A v3.7.4 stable should follow within weeks given v3.7.3 shipped after three betas in as many days. Expect the database and HarmonyOS threads to keep accumulating small enhancements rather than a single large feature.
Jellyfin
2.5COLLAB
Jellyfin drops the 10. prefix and puts 12.0 through a three-candidate preview.
◆ Current state
The project is running a 12.0 release candidate series alongside a 10.11.x stable line that has thinned to single-fix releases. The RC notes carry one substantive announcement: versioning drops the leading 10., so 10.11.x becomes 12.x, on the reasoning that the hard API break the old scheme anticipated is no longer planned. The stable line's last two releases were three GHSA security fixes and a UserManager lock helper.
◆ Where it's heading
Renumbering is the visible end of a decision made about the API — the project no longer expects the clean break that 10.x was holding a slot for, so the version number stops reserving one. Meanwhile 10.11.x is in wind-down posture, taking security backports and concurrency fixes rather than features, which is where the 12.0 work has clearly gone. The RC bodies themselves carry no feature detail, pointing at the forums instead.
◆ Prediction
Expect 12.0 to reach stable after the RC turnaround lengthens, with 10.11.x limited to security backports from that point; the entries do not say what 12.0 contains.
Alternatives to SiYuan and Jellyfin
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either SiYuan or Jellyfin.
Immich
Immich is four release candidates into v3 with every feature note published somewhere else.
EGroupware
Two branches, one deadline: 23.1 security coverage ends August 15th and 26.x is the only exit.
SOGo
SOGo's 5.12 line has become a CVE conveyor belt while the team's attention sits on SOGo 6.
File Browser
File Browser is shutting down — the repo archives on 2026-09-01 and no security fixes follow.
Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx shipped its 3.0 rewrite, then spent a week putting out the fires.
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Recent activity from SiYuan and Jellyfin
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 12h agoSiYuanTab dragging to Documents panel and child docs from selection
- 1d agoSiYuanSync performance and variable font support
- 1d agoSiYuanS Pen hover popovers and configurable tab startup
- 3d agoSiYuanAudio recording on Android and HarmonyOS
- 7d agoSiYuanRelation selector row-opening tweak
- 9d agoSiYuanExport fidelity fixes and callout flashcards
- 11d agoJellyfinThird 12.0 candidate; version scheme drops the 10. prefix
- 1mo agoJellyfinSecond 12.0 preview candidate
- 1mo agoJellyfinFirst 12.0 release candidate opens the preview series
- 1mo agoJellyfinSingle lock-helper fix for UserManager
- 2mo agoJellyfinThree security advisories fixed on the stable line
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SiYuan and Jellyfin?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is SiYuan better than Jellyfin?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Jellyfin?
Top Jellyfin alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Jellyfin alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jellyfin for the full list with editorial commentary on each.