Emby Watch Party
A synchronized watch-party application for Emby that streams your media library to multiple viewers in real time, with per-user HLS playback, late-joiner…
Platform availability
Available on 1 of 6 install platforms
- Unraid
- TrueNAS (not listed)
- Umbrel (not listed)
- ZimaOS (not listed)
- Proxmox (not listed)
- Helm (not listed)
Health score
66/100 Good
- Maintained
- 100last commit 28 days ago
- Popular
- 3662 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
- Light to run
- No data
Based on 3 of 4 factors.
How is this calculated?
A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
Availability: platform listings confirmed today
- GitHub stars
- 62
- Open issues
- 0
- Last commit
- 2026-09-08
- Latest release
- v2.1.4
- License
- MIT
- Activity
- declining
Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (Oratorian/emby-watchparty)
Resources & Compatibility
Requirements not published yet.
Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
- Hosting and joining Any party member with Emby credentials can host a room; other viewers join as spectators without needing an Emby account. source
- Runtime configuration Only boot-essential values are set at install; everything else (logging, security, rate limits, late-join vote, static session, force-transcode) is managed live via the /admin panel and persisted to config.json. source
Fetched today - each note links to its source
Variants
Alternatives (9)
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Checked 7 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Do outside viewers need their own Emby accounts to join a watch party?
No. Any member with Emby credentials can become the room's host, and other viewers can join as spectators without an account.
What streaming path does the app use for viewers?
The self-hosted web app proxies HLS streams to viewers.
Do pause and seek actions stay synchronized across participants?
Yes. The app provides real-time playback synchronization for play, pause, and seek.
Does a party link point directly to a specific movie or episode?
No. The app does not create a direct link to a specific movie or TV show episode.
Answers sourced from emby.media, forums.unraid.net, github.com, www.xda-developers.com
Community
- Do you guys want a watch together feature? : r/emby - Reddit (reddit)
- [Support] emby-watchparty - Watch party for Emby (synchronized playback ... (forum)
- Reddit (reddit)
Collected 6 days ago - public community threads