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Getting started

Learn how to get started with Seanime in 4 easy steps.

1. Install Seanime

Tutorial video for Windows

Download and run

Onboarding

  1. Enter the full anime library path
You can leave this field empty if you don't plan to use the local anime library feature.
Getting started with Seanime

Example: C:\Users\Username\Videos\Anime, /home/username/Videos/Anime

  1. Choose your desktop media player and edit the connection details if needed.

  2. Choose your torrent provider extension.

  3. Choose your torrent client and edit the connection details if needed. You can also select None if you don't plan to download torrents using Seanime.

  4. Optionally, choose your Debrid service and add the API key or leave it as None.

  5. Choose some additional features, click Continue

Getting started with Seanime
  • Link your AniList account by clicking the Login button.

2. Configure your external apps

For your media player and torrent client to work with Seanime, you need to configure them to allow remote communication.

3. My library

Getting started with Seanime UI

4. Setup remote access

Local network

You will be able to access Seanime on your other devices. Those devices must be connected to the same local network (e.g., Wi-Fi or Ethernet).

  1. Identify the private IP address of the host machine running Seanime. You can find this in your network settings or by running ipconfig on Windows or ifconfig on Linux/macOS. Note the IP address, usually something like 192.168.1.x.

  2. Configure your config.toml file by changing the host to 0.0.0.0 to bind all interfaces.

  3. Now you can access the web interface on other devices by navigating to http://<private-ip>:43211.

Updating Seanime

Getting started with Seanime UI

Seanime will periodically check for new releases from the GitHub repository and notify you when a new version is available.

Server

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.

Desktop

Open the desktop client, in the update notification, click Update now to proceed with the update. Once the update is complete, the desktop client will restart automatically, if not, you can restart it manually.

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:

  • Click Download button on the notification.
  • 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.