How to Set Up Jellyseerr for Media Requests

What you'll build

Jellyseerr is a request portal for your media server. Family members browse for a movie or show, click request, and — when paired with Sonarr and Radarr — it's downloaded, organized, and added to Jellyfin or Plex automatically. No more manual requests over text message.

Prerequisites

• A running Jellyfin or Plex server.
• Docker and Docker Compose installed.
• Optionally, Sonarr and Radarr for full automation.

Docker Compose file

services:
  jellyseerr:
    image: fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest
    container_name: jellyseerr
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Paris
    ports:
      - "5055:5055"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/config
    restart: unless-stopped

Bring it up:

docker compose up -d

Initial configuration

1. Open http://your-server-ip:5055.
2. Sign in with your Jellyfin/Plex account to link it.
3. Import your users so they can log in and make requests.
4. Under Settings → Services, connect Sonarr and Radarr with their URL and API key.
5. Set quality profiles and the root folder each app should use.

Approvals and permissions

Decide whether requests are auto-approved or need your sign-off. For a family, auto-approving trusted users while keeping quotas is a good balance — you avoid being a bottleneck without letting the library explode.

Put it behind a reverse proxy

Rather than exposing port 5055, publish Jellyseerr through a reverse proxy with HTTPS so users get a clean, secure URL. Never expose it directly to the internet without authentication.

Done

Your household now has a self-service media catalog. Combined with the arr stack, requested titles appear in your library automatically, usually within minutes.