Seanime
Self-hosted anime and manga server for sea rovers.
Scan, watch, automate, stream your anime collection, read manga, track your progress and more - all in one place.
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About
Seanime is a free and open-source media server built around 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.
Feel free to open issues if you notice any bugs, open discussions if you have questions, or contribute to the project if you want to help make it better.
Get started
Read the installation guide to set up Seanime on your device.
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Features
All-in-one
- 🪶 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 your anime library
- 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)
⬇️ Download new episodes & movies
- Integrated search engine for public trackers (AnimeTosho, Nyaa, Nyaa Sukebei, SeaDex)
- Integration with qBittorrent & Transmission for a seamless download experience
- View upcoming and missing episodes to never miss a release
- Let Seanime automatically download new episodes or movies for you by creating custom rules
- Support for extensions to add more sources
🎞️ Watch, anytime, anywhere
- MPV, VLC, and MPC-HC support for local media playback and progress tracking
- Create playlists to binge-watch seamlessly
- Support for mobile app players (Outplayer, MX Player, etc.) using custom scheme links
📱 Media streaming / Transcoding
- Watch your downloaded episodes on any device
- Built-in player with on-the-fly transcoding powered by FFmpeg & Direct Play
- Support for hardware acceleration (NVIDIA NVENC, Intel QSV, VAAPI)
- Support for mobile app players (Outplayer, MX Player, etc.) using custom scheme links
📽️ Torrent streaming
- Stream torrents directly to your media player (desktop or mobile) without waiting for the download to complete
- Automatic torrent selection with no input required - click and play
- Auto-selection or manual selection of files from batches
- Support for mobile app players (Outplayer, MX Player, etc.) using custom scheme links
📺 Online streaming
- Watch episodes from online sources using the built-in player
- Support for multiple sources & extensions
📕 Browse and manage your manga collection
- 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
- Support for extensions to add more sources
Other features
- Extension system
- Advanced anime/manga search
- Discord Rich Presence
- Logs and scan summaries
Philosophy
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.
Not planned
- 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.
Development and Build
Building from source is straightforward, you'll need Node.js and Go installed on your system. Development and testing might require additional configuration.
Screenshots
Scanning
Progress tracking
Downloading
Manga
Torrent streaming
Media streaming / Transcoding
Schedule
View more
### Online streaming
### Detailed library view
### Discover
### AniList integration
### UI customization
Disclaimer
- 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.