Seerr
Manage requests for your media library, supports Plex, Jellyfin and Emby media servers (fork of Overseerr).
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 58% of tracked projects; popularity more than 82%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 13k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.5.0 · 28 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker, Nodejs |
Is Seerr actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 389 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 92 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v3.5.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 31 projects we track in Media Management, Seerr ranks #5 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Seerr actually does
Seerr is an open-source media request management tool that interfaces with popular home server platforms such as Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. It provides a centralised web interface where users can submit and track requests for new movies and TV shows to be added to a shared library. As a fork of Overseerr, it serves the same fundamental purpose of streamlining content curation for self-hosted media setups.
Best fit: It is well-suited for administrators of shared media servers who want to delegate content requests to family or friends via a structured approval workflow.
Worth knowing: Because it relies entirely on external media servers and management tools to function, it adds another layer of software to maintain and troubleshoot within your self-hosted stack.
Deployment notes
It is typically deployed using Docker, which requires you to map persistent volumes for configuration data and set up a reverse proxy to handle external HTTPS traffic.
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