Jellyfin default password & login
Free media server. The first admin user is created during the web-based setup wizard on first launch.
Use these credentials for the very first login to Jellyfin only. The full vendor documentation linked below explains how to rotate them and harden the install.
Default username
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default password
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default port
Default admin URL
http://localhost:8096
Notes & recovery
Reset password: stop server, edit jellyfin.db users table or remove the password hash and restart.
Official documentation →Change the default immediately
Anyone with internet access can try the published default on Jellyfin. Set a strong, unique password the moment you finish first-time setup, ideally before exposing the service to your LAN.
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