Ombi
Ombi is a self-hosted media request and approval system for shared Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin servers that lets users request movies and TV shows, integrates…
Platform availability
Available on 4 of 9 platforms
Health score?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). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
78/100 Good
- Maintained
- 100last commit 11 days ago
- Popular
- 44164 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 654 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
- Light to run
- 95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 16 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 164
- Open issues
- 0
- Last commit
- 2026-10-04
- Latest release
- v4.53.10-ls271
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Activity
- rising
Checked 9 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-ombi)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 500 MB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
- Docker Networking Ombi communicates with your Plex server and media managers (Sonarr, Radarr) over HTTP. When all containers share a Docker network, use container names as hostnames rather than localhost for the connection URLs. source
Fetched 9 days ago - each note links to its source
Variants
Alternatives (6)
- CouchPotato - CouchPotato is a self-hosted automatic newsgroup (NZB) and torrent movie downloader for home-lab users that tracks a wanted-movie list, sea…
- Hatt - This tool allows to search for files through multiple websites, with an intuitive user interface.
- Requestrr - Requestrr is a self-hosted Discord bot that lets users request media through Sonarr, Radarr, Overseerr, and Ombi using slash commands, inte…
- autobrr - Autobrr is a self-hosted download automation tool for torrents and Usenet.
- overseerr - Overseerr is a free, open-source web application for managing movie and TV show requests in a Plex media library, letting users browse a ca…
- radarr - Radarr is a self-hosted movie organizer and downloader that monitors releases, automates downloading and renaming, and stores movies in you…
Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Does Ombi work with both Plex and Emby?
Yes, Ombi can connect to a Plex or Emby server and automatically sync users.
Can Ombi automatically pass requests to media management tools?
Yes, it integrates with Sonarr, Radarr, CouchPotato, SickRage, and more to automatically fulfill requests.
Is there a mobile app for making requests?
Ombi has native mobile applications for iOS and Android.
Can an admin control which requests are added?
Yes, Ombi has an optional approval system for admins to manage what content gets added to the server.
How can I run Ombi on my own domain?
A self-hosted example uses Docker, nginx, Let's Encrypt, and Cloudflare to serve Ombi on a personal domain.
Answers sourced from ombi.io, www.reddit.com
Community
- Ombi - Reddit (reddit)
- Idiotproof step-by-step guide for setting up Ombi for external ... - Reddit (reddit)
- Ombi but for channels. : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- r/selfhosted on Reddit: I finally managed to host something on my own ... (reddit)
- Reverse proxy for access to Ombi : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Petio, an Ombi alternative. Come check it out!! : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
Collected 11 days ago - public community threads