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Swiftly on Linux

One command sets up the repository and installs the package. After that, Swiftly updates with the rest of your system.

Copy this, paste it into a terminal, press Enter.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulherter/swiftly-player/main/Linux/Installieren/swiftly-installieren.sh | bash

GTK 4, x86-64. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and Arch are covered.

  1. Copy the command

    The Copy button above puts it on your clipboard and says Copied. You can also select the line and copy it by hand.

    The command on this page with the Copy button marked curl -fsSL https://.../swiftly-installieren.sh | bashCopy
    The command with its Copy button.

  2. Paste it into a terminal and press Enter

    Open a terminal, paste the line and press Enter. The script asks for your password once, because installing a package needs it. It adds the Swiftly repository and installs the package your system uses.

    A terminal window with the pasted command and the Enter key marked Terminal$ curl -fsSL https://... | bashEnter
    A terminal with the pasted command, waiting for Enter.

  3. Start it and add your server

    Swiftly Player shows up in your application menu. Type the address of your Jellyfin server, sign in, and press play. Updates then arrive with your normal system update.

What the command installs

Nothing surprising: the repository for your package manager, then the package.

  • aptDebian and Ubuntu, from our apt repository
  • dnfFedora, from our rpm repository
  • zypperopenSUSE, same rpm packages
  • pacmanArch, package built for x86-64

If you would rather not pipe a script into a shell: the .deb, .rpm and .tar.gz files are attached to every GitHub release, and the install script itself is right there to read before you run it.

Tell me what you think

Built by one person. On Linux, your report is often the first time a distribution gets tested at all.

Other systems

Swiftly Player also runs on Windows, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, Android and Android TV and TestFlight. Every download is on the start page.

Swiftly Player uses VLCKit and libVLC by VideoLAN under the LGPL 2.1 or later. Licenses and source

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