Hosted media server
Keep your sources and services exactly where they are. Portsyde gives them one always-on address that any Jellyfin-compatible app can sign in to.
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How it works
Three steps, an evening at most, and then it stays done.
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Point Portsyde at the sources and services you already have. You do it once, in one place.
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Give the app your address and sign in, or approve a six-digit code on a TV.
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Your catalogs appear in the app you prefer. Playback runs straight from the source.
Why Portsyde
A server that is always up, always reachable, and never in the way of the app you already like.
Portsyde reuses recent source results and prepares your next episode near the end of the one you are watching. Your sources, app and connection still affect when video appears.
Server-side handoff
Every play waits on the sources.
A warmed title is handed to the app. Measured in our server test.
First frame still depends on your app and connection. An unwarmed title still waits on sources.
The TV shows a six-digit code. Approve it from your phone and the TV signs itself in, with no password typed on a remote.
One address and one sign-in reach every device in the house, whichever app each person prefers.
Portsyde holds no media of its own. It keeps the configuration and the connections; playback runs from the source to your device.
Credentials for your own services are encrypted, and deleting your account takes the whole configuration with it.
A household spread across the country is not all reaching back to the same place.
Works everywhere
No app to install, and no app you have to switch to. Sign in with your address, or pair a TV with a six-digit code.
Sign in once, or pair with a six-digit code from your phone.
Sign in with your address, username and password.
Any Jellyfin-compatible desktop app connects the same way.
Pair with a code or sign in from the remote.
Phones and tablets sign in with the same details.
Jellyfin-compatible web apps work in any browser.
Pricing
Free is a complete server for one region. Plus makes it faster, closer and roomier.
Everything you need to reach your setup from any app.
$0forever
Faster starts, closer servers, and more room to grow.
$19.99/year
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Answers
Portsyde is a hosted personal media server. You keep your sources and services where they already are, configure them once, and every app you own connects to Portsyde as its server. Nothing to install, nothing to keep running at home.
Works with any Jellyfin-compatible app. That covers Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, Mac, Android TV, Android and Web, and anything else that speaks the same protocol. Enter your Portsyde address, username and password, and it connects the same way everywhere.
Sign-in for a TV, without typing a password on a remote. The app shows a six-digit code, you approve it from your phone or from your Portsyde dashboard, and the TV signs itself in. Quick Connect is included on every plan.
Faster starts: Portsyde reuses recent source results and prepares your next episode as you approach the end of the current one. Startup still depends on your sources, app and connection. Plus also adds delivery from the region nearest the viewer, higher limits, priority capacity and email support. Plus is $19.99/year, or $1.99/month.
Compare the plansPortsyde keeps your setup online and reachable, so every screen in the house is one address and one sign-in away.
7-day Plus trial. Cancel anytime before it ends and you won't be charged.