Scan, watch, automate, stream your anime collection, read manga, track your progress and more - all in one place.
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Seanime is a free and open-source media server built around AniList and other anime APIs to provide a seamless experience for anime and manga enthusiasts. It combines a lightweight server and a user-friendly web interface to manage and consume your local anime library, download new episodes, find new shows, read and download manga chapters, and more.
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Read the installation guide to set up Seanime on your device.
- 🪶 Lightweight, cross-platform and performant server
- 🔥 Simple, modern and customizable web interface
- 🌐 Automatic progress tracking and full integration with AniList
- 🔒 No data collection
✈️ Offline mode- Use the main features as if you were online, with cached metadata and images
- Track your progress and manage your lists offline and sync when you’re back online
- Scan and browse your local anime collection with ease, no mandatory folder structure and no naming conventions required
- Powerful parser for anime filenames, automatic metadata handling for episodes, movies, OVAs, specials, etc.
- Multiple metadata sources (AniList, AniDB, TheTVDB)
- Integrated search engine for public trackers (AnimeTosho, Nyaa, Nyaa Sukebei) with SeaDex support
- Integration with qBittorrent & Transmission for a seamless download experience
- View upcoming and missing episodes to never miss a release
- Automate everything by creating custom rules and let Seanime download new episodes or movies for you
- MPV, VLC, and MPC-HC support for local media playback and progress tracking
- Create playlists to binge-watch seamlessly
- Watch your downloaded episodes on any device with a web browser
- On-the-fly transcoding with seeking support powered by FFmpeg
- Support for hardware acceleration (NVIDIA NVENC, Intel QSV, VAAPI)
- Built-in player with subtitle support
- Direct play support
- Stream torrents directly to your media player without waiting for the download to complete
- Automatic torrent selection with no input required - click and play
- Auto-selection of single episodes from batches
- Support for seeding in the background after streaming
- Watch episodes from online sources using the built-in player
- Support for multiple sources
- Browse your AniList manga collection, search for new manga, get recommendations
- Read chapters from various sources with the built-in, customizable manga reader
- Download chapters for offline reading
- Advanced anime/manga search
- Discord Rich Presence
- MyAnimeList integration for syncing progress
- Logs and scan summaries
The main goal of Seanime is to provide an all-in-one, easy-to-use alternative to traditional media servers like Plex and Jellyfin, designed specifically for anime and manga. Seanime eliminates the need for setting up and maintaining multiple tools and services (no need for organizing, renaming, setting up plugins, etc.). As someone who is new to the self-hosting world, I recognize the need for something that is user-friendly, feature-rich, and just works out of the box. Note that unlike other media servers, Seanime does not natively run on all clients that seasoned self-hosting enjoyers might be used to (dedicated apps etc.), and it might have some rough edges in some use cases.
🚨 Important note: Remember that this is a one-man project. Seanime is not meant to fulfill all the needs of every user, as such, your specific use case or scenarios might not be supported, and that's okay. Feel free to turn to other tools or services that better suit your needs.
- Support for other providers such as Trakt, SIMKL, etc.
- Support for other media players
- Dedicated clients (TV, mobile, etc.)
- Support for Usenet, Debrid services, private trackers
- Support for other languages (internationalization)
These features will not be implemented, mainly due to the scope of the project, time required or lack of resources.
Building from source is straightforward, you'll need Node.js and Go installed on your system. Development and testing might require additional configuration.
You can start and use Seanime through a docker container. You have to configure two things:
- Path to the library that stores your downloaded anime and mangas
- The environment variable that dictates on which IP address seanime should listen on.
Once done, you can use the command docker compose up -d --build to start the container. By default the app listen on 0.0.0.0 so that it can be reached using your local machine IP address. For instance if your IP is 192.168.1.111 you can reach the app at http://192.168.1.111:43211.
The docker-compose file comes with
- Seanime
- Qbitorrent to download your files (you can remove it if you wish to use your own)
- MPV instance (if you do not wish to use the embedded streaming feature)
- Seanime relies exclusively on the content stored by individual users on their personal devices. The acquisition and legitimacy of this content are external to the developer's control.
- Seanime and its developer do not host, store, or distribute any content found within the application. All anime information, as well as images, are sourced from publicly available APIs such as AniList and MyAnimeList.
- Seanime may, at its discretion, provide links or an interface to external websites or applications. These external websites are independently maintained by third parties, and Seanime has no control over the legitimacy of their content or operations. Please contact the website's owners for any concerns.
- Seanime does not collect any kind of personal data or information from its users. You are responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of the third-party authentication tokens stored within your device.
