Alternatives to Jellyseerr
A request and discovery front end for a home media server, so family and friends can ask for a film without touching Sonarr. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Jellyseerr
A request and discovery front end for a home media server, so family and friends can ask for a film without touching Sonarr.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Jellyseerr.
Seerr
Media request and discovery front end for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby.
Seerr is the name Jellyseerr has been moving to, offering the same request front end for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby with approval rules and per-user quotas.
Ombi
Request system that lets media server users ask for films and shows.
Ombi is a GPL-2.0 request system that works with Plex, Emby and Jellyfin and runs on Windows and macOS too, though its development is slower.
Requestrr
Discord bot for requesting films and shows through chat commands.
Requestrr moves requests into Discord chat commands, so users need no web interface, but it is Discord only and depends on a separate request or download stack.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Sonarr
Watches for new episodes of the TV series you follow, downloads them through your client, then renames and files them.
Radarr
Sonarr for films: monitors indexers for the movies on your list, downloads them, then renames and files them.
Jellyfin
A free media server for your own films, shows and music, with no premium tier and no account.
Plex Media Server
A polished media server for your own library, free on the home network, with a paid pass for remote streaming.
Wizarr
A self-hosted user invitation and management system for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby servers.
Maintainerr
A rule-based library maintenance tool that cleans unwatched media out of Plex, Jellyfin and Emby.
