Jellyseerr
Container
Jellyseer is a free and open source software application for managing requests for your media library.
Image details
Source details
Configuration
TypeContainerlinuxfallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest5055:5055/tcp/app/config : /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/JellyseerrPUID=1000PGID=100unless-stoppedTemplate by Qballjos
Standalone Install
Select an install method, to see config/commands for deploying Jellyseerr
Install on Portainer
Import all app templates into your Portainer instance, for easy 1-click deploys
- Ensure both Docker and Portainer are installed, and up-to-date
- Log into your Portainer web UI
- Under Settings → App Templates, paste the below URL
- Head to Home → App Templates, and the list of apps will show up
- Select Jellyseerr, fill in any config options, and hit Deploy
Template Import URL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lissy93/portainer-templates/main/templates.json
Show Me
More install options in our documentation, or see fallenbagel/jellyseerr for app-specific guidance.
Jellyseerr is a free and open source fork of Overseerr for managing requests for your media library. It integrates with your existing services, such as Sonarr, Radarr, and Jellyfin!
Current Features
- Jellyfin support
- Easy integration with your existing services. Currently, Jellyseerr supports Sonarr and Radarr.
- Jellyfin library scan, to keep track of the titles which are already available.
- Customizable request system, which allows users to request individual seasons or movies in a friendly, easy-to-use interface.
- Incredibly simple request management UI. Don't dig through the app to simply approve recent requests!
- Granular permission system.
- Support for various notification agents.
- Mobile-friendly design, for when you need to approve requests on the go!
Check out our issue tracker.
Supported Architectures
Jellyseerr image support multiple architectures such as x86-64, arm64 and armv7 (deprecated since release of 2.x.x).| Architecture | Tag |
|---|---|
| x86-64 | latest |
| ARM64 | latest |
| ARMv7 | 1.9.2 (deprecated) |
Version Tags
This image provides two versions that are available via tags.:latest tag provides the latest stable version. :develop are considered under development and caution must be exercised when using them.| Tag | Tag |
|---|---|
| latest | Stable Jellyseerr releases |
| develop | Unstable Jellyseerr releases |
Docker-compose:
Installation through docker compose are as follows:- Install docker-compose
nano docker-compose.yml- Type the following in the
docker-compose.yml:
version: '3'
services:
jellyseerr:
image: fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest
container_name: jellyseerr
environment:
- LOG_LEVEL=debug
- TZ=Asia/Tashkent
ports:
- 5055:5055
volumes:
- /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config
restart: unless-stoppeddocker-compose up -d
Docker CLI
Installation through docker cli can be done by using your terminal and entering the following:docker run -d \
--name jellyseerr \
-e LOG_LEVEL=debug \
-e TZ=Asia/Tashkent \
-p 5055:5055 \
-v /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config \
--restart unless-stopped \
fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latestConfiguring Dataabase
Check out the Jellyseerr Documentation.Support
- You can get support on Discord.
- Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted via GitHub Issues.
Buy me a Coffee!
If you like jellyseerr and want to help maintain it, please buy me a coffee as it would help me out a lot!
Serve Jellyseerr on your own domain behind Caddy, Nginx or Traefik. Fill in your domain and copy the result. It's a starting point, some apps need their own base URL or extra headers set too.
Proxying jellyseerr.example.com to http://Jellyseerr:5055
Add this to your Caddyfile
jellyseerr.example.com {
reverse_proxy http://Jellyseerr:5055
}Check the logs first
Nine times out of ten the logs tell you exactly what went wrong.
- In Portainer, go to Containers, click the container, then Logs. Or run
docker logs Jellyseerr - Exit codes help too:
137means killed, usually out of memory.126or127means the command inside the image is broken.
Port already in use
If deployment fails with "Bind for 0.0.0.0:5055 failed: port is already allocated", something else on your server is using that port.
- Find what's using it:
sudo ss -tlnp | grep :5055 - Stop the other service, or pick a different host port. In
5055:5055only the left number is yours to change, the right one belongs to the app.
Running but the page won't load
The container is up but nothing appears in your browser.
- Use your server's real IP:
http://your-server-ip:5055. The 0.0.0.0 link Portainer shows isn't a real address. - Give it a minute after first deploy, Jellyseerr can take a while to initialise.
- Make sure your firewall allows the port, e.g.
sudo ufw allow 5055
Permission denied on volumes
If the logs show "permission denied", the app can't write to its data folder on the host.
- Fix the ownership:
sudo chown -R 1000:100 /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/Jellyseerr - Or set the
PUIDandPGIDvariables (defaults 1000:100) to match your own user, found withid $USER
Image won't pull
Test the pull directly on the host: docker pull fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest
- "manifest unknown" means the tag no longer exists. This template uses
latest, so try pinning a specific version instead. - "toomanyrequests" is the Docker Hub rate limit. Log in with
docker loginto raise it. - "no space left on device" means a full disk. Reclaim space with
docker system prune
"exec format error"
This means the image was built for a different CPU architecture than your server.
- This image supports:
amd64, arm64, arm64/v8 - Check yours with
uname -m: x86_64 is amd64, aarch64 is arm64. Raspberry Pi and other ARM boards are the usual culprits.
Container keeps restarting
The unless-stopped restart policy relaunches the app after every crash, so the real error can scroll past.
- Check the logs right after a restart, the last few lines before it died are the useful ones.
- Get the exit code with
docker inspect Jellyseerr --format '{{.State.ExitCode}}' - Still stuck? Redeploy once with the restart policy set to
noso the failure stays visible.
Raise an issue
Found something which isn't working as it should? Here's how to report it.
- Bug within the app: Open an issue on fallenbagel/jellyseerr
- Template not working: Open an issue on Qballjos/portainer_templates
- This website not working: Open an issue on lissy93/portainer-templates
A single container
Jellyseerr runs as one container, the simplest kind of app here. Just the one image to pull and nothing else wired up alongside it.
The app image
An image is the app packed up ready to go, everything Jellyseerr needs bundled into one download. This template pulls fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest, which Docker fetches once (about 409 MB) and then starts your own copy from.
Where the image comes from
Docker pulls its images from registries, public libraries of ready-built apps. Jellyseerr's comes from Docker Hub, published by fallenbagel.
Version tags
The bit after the colon in the image name is the version tag. Here it's latest, which always points at the newest build, so a redeploy can bump you to a newer release without you asking. Newest right now is 2.7.3. Pin a specific tag if you would rather stay on one version.
Which machines it runs on
Every image is built for particular CPU types. This one ships for amd64, arm64, arm64/v8, so it runs on both regular x86 servers and ARM boards like a Raspberry Pi.
Ports
A port is the door the app answers on. A mapping like 5055:5055 means it's reachable on port 5055 of your server, where the left number is yours to change and the right one belongs to the app. It opens:
5055:5055
Volumes
A volume is where Jellyseerr keeps its files so they survive an update or a restart. Without one, anything it saves would sit inside the container and vanish the moment it's recreated. This template mounts:
/app/configfrom/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/Jellyseerron the host
Environment variables
Environment variables are the settings you hand over when you deploy, things like a password or a timezone. Jellyseerr takes 2 of them, all with defaults you can leave alone or tweak:
PUID, defaults to1000PGID, defaults to100
Restart policy
The restart policy here is unless-stopped, so Docker restarts Jellyseerr after a crash or reboot, but leaves it off when you stop it on purpose. You can change this on the deploy screen. The choices are no (never restart), on-failure (only after a crash), unless-stopped (restart unless you stop it), and always (bring it back no matter what).
Users and permissions
The PUID and PGID settings tell it which user and group to act as on your host. Point them at your own account (find yours with id $USER) so the files it writes into your mounted folders come out owned by you rather than root.
Networking
Nothing custom is set, so Jellyseerr sits on Docker's default bridge network: its own private space that reaches the outside world only through the ports it publishes.
Container name
Once it's deployed, Portainer names the container Jellyseerr. That's what you'll spot in the containers list and use in commands like docker logs Jellyseerr.
Platform
The platform is linux, the kind of system the container is built to run on. Docker and Portainer handle this on a normal Linux server.
Open source license
Jellyseerr is open source, released under the MIT license. In plain terms the code is out in the open, so you're free to run it and change it to fit what you need.
Portainer app templates
Zooming out, this whole page comes from a Portainer app template: a short recipe telling Portainer how to set Jellyseerr up. Add the template list to Portainer once, then deploying Jellyseerr is a click rather than a wall of config.