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Tellyard

A live TV tuner for Plex and Jellyfin that appears as an HDHomeRun network tuner.

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A live TV tuner for Plex and Jellyfin that appears as an HDHomeRun network tuner. It loads your channels from one file, starts with an empty lineup, and finds each channel's current stream on demand without re-encoding. It supports YouTube, Twitch, Kick, broadcaster pages, and direct HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) streams, and merges XMLTV schedules with placeholder blocks so the guide is never empty. It suits homelab media users who want on-demand live channels without storing video.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

44/100 Fair

Maintained
75last commit 3 days ago
Popular
00 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today

GitHub stars
0
Open issues
3
Last commit
2026-10-19
Latest release
v0.1.0
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
rising

Checked 3 days ago - source: GitHub (SandObserver/Tellyard)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 3 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Configuration Tellyard ships no channels and starts with an empty line-up. Place your channels.toml in /mnt/user/appdata/tellyard/config; it is loaded within a minute. source
  • Adding the tuner to Plex In Plex, add the tuner at http://UNRAID-IP:5004 and the XMLTV guide at http://UNRAID-IP:5004/guide.xml, replacing UNRAID-IP with your server's address. source
  • Docker image Pull ghcr.io/sandobserver/tellyard:latest; images are published for both linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. source

Fetched 2 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives

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Common questions

Should I expose Tellyard to the internet?

No, Tellyard has no login, so keep it on your home network and do not forward port 5004.

Do I need a separate Tellyard app on my phone?

No, Tellyard is added as a network tuner in Plex or Jellyfin. It can then play on the TV, phone, or browser devices those apps reach.

Can I record live TV from Tellyard?

Watching live TV is free, but recording in Plex requires Plex Pass.

What happens if a live stream drops?

Tellyard tries to restart a stalled or dropped source on its own. It can make up to three tries in a row.

How can I check whether a channel’s quality is high enough?

Run tellyard check to tune each channel and report the resolution it actually sends. Set MIN_HEIGHT, for example 1080, so lower-quality channels are rejected.

Answers sourced from github.com, hub.docker.com, tellyard.sandobserver.com

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