Overview
Seerr is a fork of Overseerr that lets users browse and request movies and TV shows for their self-hosted media libraries. It integrates with Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers and connects to Radarr and Sonarr to automate downloads. Requests go through an approval workflow, and users get notified when content becomes available. Deployed via Docker with a straightforward environment-variable configuration.
Where it falls short of Plex
- No built-in media discovery beyond request management; requires a separate Radarr/Sonarr/media-server stack.
- Mobile apps are unofficial third-party clients only.
- Less battle-tested than the upstream Overseerr project given its fork status.
- No native transcoding or playback — purely a request layer.
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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