Ombi lets users request movies or TV shows for Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin.
The Best Seerr Alternatives in 2026
Looking for something like Seerr? Here are 24 alternatives, ranked by how closely they match it on purpose, features and platforms. Of these, 22 are open source.
Seerr manages media requests and discovery for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby.
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| # | Alternative | Pricing | Open source | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ombi | — | Yes | — |
| 2 | Mobile | — | Yes | — |
| 3 | Tunarr | — | Yes | macOS |
| 4 | xTeVe | — | Yes | Linux, Windows |
| 5 | Jellyfin | — | Yes | — |
| 6 | Dispatcharr | — | Yes | — |
| 7 | Reiverr | — | Yes | — |
| 8 | ansible-hms-docker | — | Yes | — |
| 9 | Streama | — | Yes | — |
| 10 | MovieNight | — | Yes | — |
All Seerr alternatives
This Seerr mobile app is a media request and discovery client for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby.
Tunarr creates live TV channels from personal media managed by Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, or NFO files.
xTeVe proxies M3U playlists for Plex DVR and Emby Live TV, with options to merge and update M3U and XMLTV files.
Jellyfin’s server backend and API support collecting, managing, and streaming personal media from a server.
Dispatcharr describes itself as a companion for managing IPTV and streams.
Reiverr combines an interface for Jellyfin and TMDB with Radarr and Sonarr, and describes itself as a replacement for Overseerr.
This Ansible playbook automates a home media server stack running in Docker, with options including GPU acceleration and SSL.
Streama offers a self-hosted streaming media server, with setup instructions and documentation linked from the project.
MovieNight provides a single-instance server for video streaming with integrated chat.
ytdl-sub automates media downloads and metadata generation with yt-dlp.
dizqueTV creates live TV channels from personal media and exposes streams through a simulated HDHomeRun tuner or generated M3U URL.
Swing Music is a self-hosted player for local audio files, according to its project description.
Run a self-hosted virtual browser in Docker with Neko, which uses WebRTC.
Kyoo runs as a self-hosted server for movies, series, and anime, with automatic scanning and metadata matching.
Polaris streams a personal music collection to computers and mobile devices.
DockSTARTer helps configure a system for running apps in Docker, with setup guidance and options to use it as a starting point for Docker configuration.
Airsonic-refix provides a modern web interface for Subsonic-compatible music servers.
Gonic streams music through a server implementing the Subsonic API as free software.
LedFx generates real-time audio effects for supported network-connected LED devices.
Tunarr
tunarr.comTunarr creates live TV channels from media on Plex or Jellyfin servers, with channel configuration through a web interface.
tuliprox processes and proxies IPTV playlists, with support for M3U, Xtream Codes, HDHomeRun, Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin.
Plezy provides a cross-platform client for Plex and Jellyfin, built with Flutter.
NextPVR
nextpvr.comNextPVR records, plays, and streams live television as a whole-home digital video recorder.
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