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Overseerr

Request management and media discovery for Plex

Media Servers Archived ★ 5k stars Easy setup MIT

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained media servers alternative.

Overseerr is a request management and media discovery tool built to work with Plex. It lets users request movies and shows and integrates with Sonarr and Radarr to automate fulfillment.

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Key features

  • Plex request management
  • Sonarr and Radarr integration
  • Media discovery
  • Granular permissions

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Polished interface
  • Widely adopted

Trade-offs

  • Plex-centric
  • Companion tool only

Is Overseerr secure?

1 known vulnerability affects Overseerr's latest release (v1.35.0) according to OSV.dev; the most severe is rated medium.

Affecting v1.35.0

AdvisorySeveritySummary
CVE-2026-65696MediumOverseerr 1.35.0 Authorization Bypass via pushSubscriptions API

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Overseerr replaces

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