We’re excited to announce a major update: the Jellyseerr and Overseerr teams are officially merging into a single team called Seerr. This unification marks an important step forward as we bring our efforts together under one banner.
For users, this means one shared codebase combining all existing Overseerr functionalities with the latest Jellyseerr features, along with Jellyfin and Emby support, allowing us to deliver updates more efficiently and keep the project moving forward.
Please check how to migrate to Seerr in our migration guide and stay tuned for more updates on the project!
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I hate how so many of the arr apps don’t describe what they do in a way that people who don’t already know can understand.
Even the tutorials and guides are frustratingly vague.
I’ll be honest, only the first setup gave me some trouble as I was tackling docker compose too. After you gain familiarity setting up a new arr is basically copying the provided yaml service then filling in the envs with yours
I am very familiar with a decent amount of the words used in this comment.
this sarcasm or ya actually in the know?
Oh sarcasm, I am an idiot
Docker compose is how you can define a set of services and then run them. Those services are defined in a yaml file. Most programs provide their own way to be ran through docker compose. Env is a shorthand for environment, basically values you pass to customize the services.
ok, but why do I want to use this? what does it do? what is its purpose?
The arr stack is for downloading media in an automated matter, for example sonarr will scan the inderxers you give them for the series you want and automatically download them. Then you can use a service like jellyfin to watch your media
I’m aware of what the arr stack is for generally, but not with overseerr and jellyseerr
I’m aware of what the arr stack is for generally, but not with overseerr and jellyseerr
Maybe thats by design. Some sort of gate keeping
I agree it took many months to figure out my arr stack and the configuration with API keys and server ip addresses. I used countless resources and guides and it didn’t help. Now I can do a fresh install of jellyfin and the arr stack in less than an hour after finally figuring it out but wow was it a hard learning curve. I have paper notes trying to decode which tools does what I was so confused
Good news!!
No idea what either of these were in the first place. Feels like it could have been worth a mention in the post.
I’ve tried to set various of these apps up in the past - I used to do tech support; I am a geek - and for whatever reason, I could never get all the parts working right. I assume many people can since they’re popular, but it just never clicked for me.
But I have a pretty good workflow - a seedbox running rutorrent which allows me to send magnet links to it just clicking them in Firefox, with emby installed so I can stream from the box - or easily connect via FTP to download when I prefer.
That’s the nice thing - there’s a number of ways to accomplish the goal, so finding the one that works well for you is what’s important.
That said, I don’t remember which ones these are, but I think it began with “Sonarr” to download music and the various somewhat-similarly named projects are about finding and downloading various forms of media automatically based on rules or searches or keywords or whatever. Which is nicer than my system of reminders that stuff should drop and I should go look for a torrent for it. :)
I’ve missed both projects. What were they? Are they like Jackett or Prowlarr?
Media requester for Plex and Jellyfin. But also tells you where things are streaming. A mix between IMDB and JustWatch.
Overseer was for Plex
Jellyseer was for JellyfinNow we have Seer one platform to do both.
If you just host for yourself, you don’t gain that much by using Seerr, besides having a nicer UI and you have more search filters compared to Sonarr and Radarr.
However, if you have multiple users, you benefit a lot of it. Users, which have individual user accounts, can request media. Depending on the configuration, those requests have to be accepted manually, which gives you a way to still be in control of what ends up on your server. The user then gets notified about what has happened and if the media was downloaded.
I still prefer it as the only user so I don’t have to switch between Radarr and Sonarr. I also find the search to be much better than either of those
Me, too. I was just trying to be objectively neutral. Not every self-hoster is comfortable with maintaining another service, when there is no huge benefit to it. When I was still using Emby, I was happy with using IMDB plus Radarr/Sonarr.
The fact it recommends popular stuff is a useful addon feature, its a good way to look at what others are watching.
Doesn’t seem like OIDC made it into the new release, weird. Unless I missed something in the documentation. It’s been working fine on the preview branch for ages.
I don’t quite get what this is supposed to do. Is it basically a software to allow jellyfin/plex users to request media without needing a radarr/sonarr account?
Basically yes. My father can log into Overseer with his Plex account, so no new account and password, and request movies or tv shows which I can approve manually or pre-approve. I don’t have to give him admin access to my Sonarr or Radarr and the user interface is quite friendly.
Yes.
Also great for finding trending content, ratings, trailers, and also all the work an actor/actress has done.
Can this be used with i2p and anonymous torrenting?
This is a requesting client.
What you want is solved by torrenting (and other) clients.
But you connect it to a torrent client, right?
Not exactly. This is just a requesting frontend that can be accessed with either Plex/Jellyfin account or a custom one. Seer then has a contact with Radarr and Sonarr to automate their searches of media. Radarr and Sonarr is what is connected to a downloading client (either torrenting client, usenet or seedbox).
One can skip Seer and just use Radarr and Sonarr as is.
Alright, I’ll have to give it a go then. Thanks.
Sonarr/Radarr? Yes.
Moved from overseerr to jellyseerr. Now from jellyseerr to seerr.
So you no longer need a Plex account to use overseer?
Overseerr required Plex. It was forked into Jellyseerr to allow Emby and Jellyfin accounts. Now Overseerr and Jellyseer merge into one tool called Seerr that combines the features. So no.
Anyone know if you can integrate this with a debrid service?
