Moonfin
Shares rank 25 of 30 music players by recommenders
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.
7 people recommended Moonfin in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 2
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 4 of 12 months
In 4 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 4 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- The biggest thread supplies 43% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 8 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works on Shield and Apple TV
“I use moonfin on my shield, seems to exist for apple tv?”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team” “Moonfin and Infuse both work flawlessly on an AppleTV”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Jellyfin 12.0” “I use it on shield and it works great.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team” Pairs with Infuse on Apple TV
“I'm using Infuse on Apple TV and Moonfin for everything else.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Jellyfin 12.0”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Still too buggy for daily use
“still too buggy to daily-drive”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal”
Other music players people recommend
The four most recommended other music players, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC media player | 139 | 31 | 79 | 64% | 12 | — | — |
| mpv media player | 68 | 11 | 11 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Infuse video player | 61 | 14 | 9 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Winamp | 53 | 6 | 6 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| MoonfinThis page | 7 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
Also compared with Kodi, foobar2000, iTunes and Plexamp.
What people said
8 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Moonfin was the only one whose UI didn't feel needlessly clunky to me”
“I'm using Infuse on Apple TV and Moonfin for everything else.”
“Moonfin and Infuse both work flawlessly on an AppleTV”
“I use moonfin on my shield, seems to exist for apple tv?”
“I use it on shield and it works great.”
“a plugin for Jellyfin called Moonfin that offers a ton of quality of life improvements”
“still too buggy to daily-drive”
“downloads can be initiated straight from your TV!”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.