Getting started
Learn how to get started with Seanime
What you need
- An internet connection
- An AniList account
- A torrent client (qBittorrent or Transmission), configured
- A media player (MPV, VLC or MPC-HC), configured
Installation
Each release of Seanime comes with a pre-built binary for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Windows, macOS, Linux
- Launch the binary file (e.g.,
.exe
on Windows). This will start the server. - Open your web browser and go to
http://127.0.0.1:43211
to access the Web UI. - Enter the necessary settings and click
Continue
. - Link your AniList account by clicking the
Login
button. - Next: scan your library.
Dependencies
For your media player and torrent client to work with Seanime, you need to configure them to allow remote communication.
VLC
- Go to
Tools > Preferences
- Bottom left
Show settings
to All - Sidebar
Interfaces > Main interfaces
- Check the box for Web
- Go to
Interfaces > Main interfaces > Lua
- Under
Lua HTTP
, set password toseanime
or whatever you set in your in-app settings
MPC-HC
- Go to
Options > Web Interface
- Check the box for Listen on port
13579
or whatever you set in your in-app settings
MPV
- Make sure MPV is added to your system PATH. You can check this by running
mpv --version
in your terminal. Wiki.
qBittorrent
- Go to
Options > Web UI
- Check the box for Web User Interface (Remote Control)
- Change the port to 8081 (only so that it does not conflict with VLC)
- Check box for Bypass authentication for clients on localhost
- Disable Enable clickjacking protection (Omit this if you do not need the embedded client feature)
- Disable Enable CSRF protection (Omit this if you do not need the embedded client feature)
Transmission
- Go to
Edit > Preferences
- Check the box for Allow remote access
- Set the port to whatever you set in your in-app settings
- Check the box for Use authentication
- Set the username and password to whatever you set in your in-app settings
- Disable Only allow these IP addresses if it does not work
Update Seanime
Seanime will periodically check for new releases from the GitHub repository and notify you when a new version is available. You can choose to ignore the update or install it directly from the web interface. This periodic check can be disabled in the in-app settings.
Automatic update
When a new version is available, a notification will appear in the web interface.
Click on Update now
then Install
to update Seanime to the latest version.
Note that this update downloads the latest release from the GitHub repository, temporarily stores it in the same directory and replaces the old files with the new ones. When the update is complete, the old files will be deleted.
Manual update
Download the latest version from the release page or from the web interface.
If you choose to download the release from the web interface:
- Download the new release by clicking the
Download
button. - Choose the release you want to download.
- Choose the directory where you want to save the new release.
- Seanime will download and extract the new release to the specified directory.