From e384e05fab797863e2dc3e94b8ba018cc3d78f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joshua M. Boniface" Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 11:02:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Niels van Velzen --- blog/2026/05-03-client-inclusion-rules-update/index.mdx | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/2026/05-03-client-inclusion-rules-update/index.mdx b/blog/2026/05-03-client-inclusion-rules-update/index.mdx index 51447d98..a57ebf9b 100644 --- a/blog/2026/05-03-client-inclusion-rules-update/index.mdx +++ b/blog/2026/05-03-client-inclusion-rules-update/index.mdx @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The second is user interest. This both complements the 1-year development time r We understand that part of the desire of "being listed" is to drive users towards your client, but you must first put in the work to build a community of users yourself. We don't want the client list to be an advertisement; we want it to provide a list of clients that we believe best exemplify the Jellyfin ecosystem and provide a stable, consistent, and feature-rich experience for users. -Massive user interest can be an exception to the time requirement. If you are able to demonstrate to the team proof of a sizeable userbase and active development from contributors other than just the original author, we **may** consider waving the 1-year requirement. By our definition, "massive user interest" means at least several thousand active users and significant, persistent, and organic discussion of and contribution to the client within the wider community. Unless you're absolutely certain that your client meets this high threshold, it almost certainly does not. These exceptions will be handled on a case-by-case basis and explicit proof will be required; if you believe you qualify, please [contact the Core team](https://jellyfin.org/contact/). +Massive user interest can be an exception to the time requirement. If you are able to demonstrate to the team proof of a sizeable userbase and active development from contributors other than just the original author, we **may** consider waving the 1-year requirement. By our definition, "massive user interest" means at least several thousand active users and significant, persistent, and organic discussion of and contribution to the client within the wider community. Unless you're absolutely certain that your client meets this high threshold, it almost certainly does not. These exceptions will be handled on a case-by-case basis and explicit proof will be required; if you believe you qualify, please [contact the Core team](/contact). > The client must provide at least one **novel/unique feature** not found in other already-listed or official clients for the same platform(s) and not under active development within an official client. Said feature must actively exist in a public release and not be "under development". @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The last line is a guard against a client proclaiming that "I'm working on this ## How to Follow These Requirements -When creating a pull request for addition to the clients list, we request that you provide detail on how your client meets all of the requirements. This includes things like a link to the GitHub page of the client (with a clear LICENSE definition and Git history), and a list of your interesting features and functionality. Please do not force us to go digging, and do not use an LLM to write this for you - use your own words (as per our [LLM policies](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/contributing/llm-policies)) and make an active effort to _sell us_ on your client. +When creating a pull request for addition to the clients list, we request that you provide detail on how your client meets all of the requirements. This includes things like a link to the code repository of the client (with a clear LICENSE definition and Git history), and a list of your interesting features and functionality. Please do not force us to go digging, and do not use an LLM to write this for you - use your own words (as per our [LLM policies](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/contributing/llm-policies)) and make an active effort to _sell us_ on your client. After the PR is submitted, we will review it in good time. Please do not badger the team with requests to review it. If you're already meeting the 1-year requirement, a few more days (or possibly weeks) of waiting for review is not significant.