Plezy

A modern client for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby on desktop, mobile, and TV. Built with Flutter for native performance and a clean interface.

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Download

Platform	Download
macOS	DMG (x64, arm64)
Linux x64	.deb · .rpm · .pkg.tar.zst · portable tar.gz
Linux arm64	.deb · .rpm · .pkg.tar.zst · portable tar.gz

Package managers:

• Nix - Community package by @mio-19 and @MiniHarinn
• Homebrew (macOS):

  brew tap edde746/plezy https://github.com/edde746/plezy
  brew install --cask plezy
  

• Pacman (Arch Linux) - Official package:

  sudo pacman -S plezy
  

• WinGet (Windows):

  winget install edde746.Plezy
  

Features

Browse & Discover

• Libraries, collections, and playlists — video and audio
• Discover hub — Continue Watching, Next Up, trending, and recommendations
• Cross-server search across every connected Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby server
• Filtering, sorting, and alphabetical jump navigation
• Folder browsing and folder playback — home-video libraries open in folder view
• Resolution, HDR/Dolby Vision, and audio-format badges on cards and detail pages
• Favorites and unwatched library filters¹
• Extras — trailers, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes

Explore & Requests

• Explore tab — watchlist, trending, popular, and recommendation rows from Plex Discover² , Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, Simkl, and Seerr³
• Search any connected catalog source
• Catalog titles matched back to your own libraries by external ID
• Seerr — request movies and shows with per-season, 4K, and advanced destination options, and see request status inline
• Watchlist sync — add and remove titles on Plex, Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, and Simkl from anywhere in the app

Playback

• Wide codec support (HEVC, AV1, VP9, and more)
• HDR and Dolby Vision⁴
• Direct play, or transcode presets from 240p/320 kbps to 1080p/20 Mbps
• Multi-version switching with per-version file details
• Full ASS/SSA subtitles with customizable styling
• Online subtitle search & download²
• Audio & subtitle choices remembered per title, or follow the server's per-episode selections
• Progress sync and resume
• Auto-play next episode with skip intro / skip credits
• Chapter navigation with thumbnail scrub previews
• Playback speed from 0.25x to 8x, audio sync offset, sleep timer (fixed durations or end of video)
• Video zoom 50-200% with pinch, presets, and hotkeys
• Audio passthrough⁵ , stereo downmix with center-channel boost, and loudness normalization
• File Info sheet — every version, file, and stream the server reports
• Ambient lighting and GLSL shader presets⁶
• Picture-in-Picture⁷
• Refresh-rate matching⁸
• External player launch (VLC, MX Player, etc.) with progress sync back⁹

Music

• Music libraries — artist, album, and track browsing with square artwork
• Album and artist screens with play, shuffle, and Instant Mix
• Gapless playback with a full play queue — reorder, remove, play next, add to queue
• Now Playing with synced lyrics¹⁰ , persistent mini-player, and sleep timer
• Background playback with lock-screen, media-key, and notification controls¹¹
• Offline playback of downloaded albums and tracks
• Streaming quality presets — Original, 320, 192, or 128 kbps

Live TV & DVR

• Live TV channel browsing, tuning, and favorites
• EPG guide with What's On and per-show schedules
• DVR recording rules, scheduled recordings, and a rememberable recording target library²
• Multi-server Live TV support where available

Downloads & Offline

• Download movies, shows, and music for offline playback¹²
• Background queue with pause / resume
• Sync rules for automatic downloads, with per-show "Include Specials"
• Offline browsing with watch state sync-back on reconnect

Watch Together

• Synchronized playback with friends
• Real-time play / pause / seek sync

Integrations

• Discord Rich Presence¹³
• Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, and Simkl — ratings, watched sync, and real-time scrobbling¹⁴
• Plezy Remote — control desktop and TV from mobile
• Watch Next row and tvOS Top Shelf¹⁵

Platform & Customization

• Desktop, mobile, and TV — full D-pad, keyboard, and gamepad support
• Multiple servers at once — Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby side by side
• Profiles with per-profile downloads, watch state, and settings; Plex Home switching with PIN
• Jellyfin and Emby local-server discovery and multiple URLs per server; Quick Connect sign-in¹⁶
• TV layout options — corner spotlight backdrop, full-card artwork, and Force TV mode on desktop
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts¹³
• Metadata and artwork editing
• Settings import/export
• Localized in English plus 21 translations

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK 3.44.0+
• A Plex account, or a Jellyfin or Emby server with user credentials

Setup

git clone https://github.com/edde746/plezy.git
cd plezy
flutter pub get
scripts/codegen.sh
flutter run

Code Generation

After modifying model classes or other generated sources:

scripts/codegen.sh

After modifying translations:

dart run slang

Local Checks

scripts/ci_checks.sh

To install the same pre-commit checks locally:

scripts/setup_hooks.sh

End-to-end tests (Android emulator plus a Dockerized Jellyfin fixture):

python3 scripts/run_maestro.py basic

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development workflow, formatting, tests, and translation guidelines.

License

Plezy is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Acknowledgments

• Built with Flutter
• Supports Plex Media Server, Jellyfin, and Emby
• Playback powered by mpv, MPVKit, Android ExoPlayer, libass-android, and libmpv-android

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1. Jellyfin and Emby only. ↩︎

2. Plex only. ↩︎

3. Requires connecting the service under Settings > Services. ↩︎

4. In-app HDR toggle on Windows, macOS, iOS, tvOS, and Linux — Linux needs a colour-managed Wayland compositor. Dolby Vision on Android and Apple TV. ↩︎

5. Desktop, Android TV, and Apple TV. ↩︎

6. Requires the mpv player backend — unavailable on iOS and tvOS, and Android defaults to ExoPlayer. ↩︎

7. Android, iOS, and macOS — not on Android TV or Apple TV. ↩︎

8. Windows, Android, and tvOS. ↩︎

9. Progress sync on Android. ↩︎

10. Where your server provides lyrics. ↩︎

11. tvOS pauses music when the app is backgrounded. ↩︎

12. Not available on tvOS. ↩︎

13. Desktop only. ↩︎

14. Real-time scrobbling on Trakt and Simkl; MyAnimeList and AniList update on completion. ↩︎

15. Android TV / Fire TV and tvOS. ↩︎

16. Jellyfin only. ↩︎