# Moonfin

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/moonfin/

7 people recommended Moonfin in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free Jellyfin add-on with quality-of-life improvements that people say works well on Shield and Apple TV, though some find it still too buggy to daily-drive.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Works on Shield and Apple TV (3 comments in the sample): "I use moonfin on my shield, seems to exist for apple tv?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991335)) "Moonfin and Infuse both work flawlessly on an AppleTV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605194)) "I use it on shield and it works great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991213))
- Pairs with Infuse on Apple TV (1 comment in the sample): "I'm using Infuse on Apple TV and Moonfin for everything else." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610339))

## What people warn about

- Still too buggy for daily use (1 comment in the sample): "still too buggy to daily-drive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547963))

## Other music players people recommend

- [VLC media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vlc-media-player/): 139 recommend, 31 mixed, 79 criticize
- [mpv media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpv/): 68 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Winamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winamp/): 53 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Moonfin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/moonfin/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.