Jellyfin — system requirements

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Recommended RAM

8 GB

“As a general recommendation, at least 8GB is recommended for the average deployment. For a Linux server running without a GUI, 4GB may be enough.”

Scope: general server deployment; no hard minimum stated in docs · official source · retrieved 2026-07-24

No official figure published for: minimum RAM, minimum CPU cores, recommended CPU cores

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External services

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Jenkins — Self-hosted automation server for building, testing, and deploying software through configurable pipelines.
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Kestra — Event-driven workflow orchestration platform for scheduling and automating data, AI, and infrastructure pipelines.