Alternatives to Seerr
Media request and discovery front end for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Seerr
Media request and discovery front end for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Seerr.
Jellyseerr
A request and discovery front end for a home media server, so family and friends can ask for a film without touching Sonarr.
Jellyseerr is the MIT-licensed project renaming to Seerr, with Jellyfin, Emby and Plex user import, though its documentation and links are currently in flux.
Ombi
Request system that lets media server users ask for films and shows.
Ombi is a GPL-2.0 request system for Plex, Emby and Jellyfin that also runs on Windows and macOS, though its development is slower.
Requestrr
Discord bot for requesting films and shows through chat commands.
Requestrr handles requests through Discord chat commands rather than a web front end, and depends on a separate request or download stack behind it.
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.
