Coursier

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Set up in 5 minutes

Create your account, install the plugin and connect your server.

You need a Jellyfin server you run yourself, version 12 or later, and an administrator account on it.

1. Create your account and choose a plan

Open your Coursier account, sign in, and choose a plan. Registration is enabled once a plan is active.

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Choosing a plan in your Coursier account

2. Add the plugin repository in Jellyfin

  1. In Jellyfin, open Dashboard → Plugins → Repositories (on some versions: Catalog → ⚙ → Repositories).
  2. Add a repository named Coursier with this URL:
    https://connect.coursier.io/plugin/manifest.json
  3. Save.
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Adding the Coursier repository in Jellyfin's plugin settings

3. Install the plugin

  1. Open Dashboard → Plugins → Catalog, find Coursier and install it.
  2. Restart Jellyfin. Plugins only load after a restart.

Updates arrive the same way as for other plugins.

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Coursier in Jellyfin's plugin catalog

4. Register your server and get an activation code

  1. In your account, select Register server and get activation code.
  2. Copy the 16-character activation code. It works for 10 minutes and is shown once. If it expires, select Generate new activation code on the server's card.
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The activation code shown after registering a server

5. Connect the plugin

  1. In Jellyfin, open Dashboard → Coursier.
  2. Under Connect this server, paste the activation code and select Connect this server.
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Pasting the activation code on the plugin's page

6. Check two Jellyfin settings

Coursier never changes your Jellyfin settings. In Jellyfin, open Dashboard → Networking and check:

SettingWhy
Allow remote connections to this server is onWhen it is off, Jellyfin refuses everyone arriving through Coursier.
Known proxies lists 127.0.0.1 and ::1Coursier passes each viewer's real address to Jellyfin from this machine. Without these two entries every viewer looks like someone on your home network, so your remote-access settings and remote bitrate limits would not apply to them. The red Add known proxies button on the plugin page adds them for you and turns green with a checkmark; you can also add them here by hand. Restart Jellyfin after changing this list: it is read when Jellyfin starts.
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Jellyfin's Networking page with remote connections allowed and the known proxies

7. Turn on remote access

On the same page, switch Turn on remote access on. Within a minute the status shows Remote access is on, with your server's address and a Copy button.

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The plugin page once remote access is on, with the server's address

8. Check it works

On your phone, with Wi-Fi turned off, open your server's address and sign in with your Jellyfin account. If it works there, it works from anywhere.

Next: secure your server before you share the address, then set up your apps and share it.

Still stuck? Contact support.