# Media & community

Publish, organize or share media with the right audience and storage model.

Canonical: https://xcloud.host/use-cases/explore/media-community/

Browse applications, compare what they need, and use the linked guides for the workflows they cover.

## Example situations

- A family wants a private Jellyfin library and needs to decide who can stream outside the home.
- A community group wants a social space and must choose moderation, media-retention and account owners.

## Decide your route

1. Choose whether the job is private streaming, photo storage, public publishing or community conversation.
2. Confirm the application’s user roles, storage growth, public exposure and media-processing needs.
3. Test upload, playback or publication with a normal account and document moderation and recovery.

## Applications to explore

Examples from the xCloud app catalog. Check setup and availability for the app you choose.

- **Jellyfin** (Media): A media server for your own films, series and music, streaming to browsers, phones, TVs and consoles with no tracking and no subscription. [Browse](https://xcloud.host/one-click-apps/#library)
- **Immich** (Media): A self-hosted photo and video library with automatic phone backup, albums, sharing, facial recognition and search across what is actually in the picture. [Browse](https://xcloud.host/one-click-apps/#library)
- **PeerTube** (Media): Self-hosted, federated video platform with channels, playlists, moderation and ActivityPub federation, on infrastructure you control. [Browse](https://xcloud.host/one-click-apps/#library)
- **Mastodon** (Social & Fediverse): A federated social network server on ActivityPub, with your own moderation, registration and federation rules instead of someone else's platform. [Browse](https://xcloud.host/one-click-apps/#library)

## Included catalog categories

- Social & Fediverse: 4 entries
- Media: 30 entries

## Related published guides

- [Deploy Jellyfin for a personal media library](https://xcloud.host/use-cases/workflows/deploy-jellyfin-for-a-personal-media-library/): Direct Jellyfin personal-media deployment workflow.
- [Operate a personal media server](https://xcloud.host/use-cases/operations/operate-a-personal-media-server/): Related personal-media operations; not a social-platform deployment guide.

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