The Jellyfin project started working on a new desktop client. They've deprecated the current Qt-based one and are working on a new CEF-based client.

Opened the new repository and… well fuck, looks like Jellyfin is going down the AI slop route now:

#jellyfin #ai #aislop #slopware

Link to repo: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop

Jellyfin's official stance on "AI" in their LLM development policy (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/contributing/llm-policies/) is very ambivalent. They’re critical of some aspects but are not outright banning its usage.

The client's main author, Jellyfin co-founder Andrew Rabert, seems to be a Claude fan:

https://github.com/andrewrabert/claude-code-marketplace

His Linkedin page is full of likes and shares praising "AI". Going down his timeline, there is almost no other topic. Looks like he went full AI bro.

#jellyfin #aislop

@rhandos don't tell them about this

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/12/us-man-bromism-salt-diet-chatgpt-openai-health-information

@Kuniti_shino I am still taking psychic damage from that Linkedin post

@rhandos

Jellyfin
looks inside
slopfin 😞

@rhandos yikes

@rhandos abandoning Qt is a red flag

No longer cuties ​

@rhandos cef and slop, name a more iconic duo in desktop software 🥴

@rhandos actively hidden from git history too btw

@rhandos Just opened an issue asking them to stop using GenAI.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/issues/101

@rhandos no matter your stance on AI, having claude blocked on github is great since you know what you're signing up for

yellow banner on a repo = AI was here

@rhandos

Lol.

@rhandos

Fully automated software delivery:

./just_ship_it.sh

@cwg1231 @rhandos "This issue has been deleted" settles it, I guess. #FCKGenAI

@gittaca @cwg1231 @rhandos

Yeah, I wonder any reason why the issue could be deleted.

@rhandos oh, lovely. any alternative media server recommendations/forks i should be using instead? /genq

@cwg1231 @rhandos issue is gone

@gittaca @rhandos oh for fuck’s sake… time to get on the warpath, I guess.

@rhandos Honestly it checks out that someone who can't be bothered to use a native UI toolkit decides to go all-in on the slop.

The goal was from the start to never put any actual effort in.