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

@rhandos Yeah I'd hate to be his underwriter. This is the thing, they keep leaving risk transfer out of the equation. Given how much I've observed LLMs totally mess up now, this is BAAAADDD....

@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.