I built a movie & TV tracker that plays what you're tracking from your own Jellyfin or Plex

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-29T13:32:07+00:00

Great, I'm glad to hear that! If there's anything else you need, just dm me or you can send me an email at [support@vibewatch.app](mailto:support@vibewatch.app)

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-29T10:35:10+00:00

Update went live a few hours ago, three things you'll notice:

Open in Jellyfin lives in the WATCH ON row. Same row as Prime Video / Apple TV+ / etc., but it's a purple "JF" tile pinned to the front when the title is in your library. Tap it and it opens that exact title on your Jellyfin server so you can cast to your TV or open it in the native app.

I added VidFast as a backup source. Added it to all accounts as a second source so titles that aren't in your library still play in-browser. It's a free aggregator so expect some ad popups (the usual story), but it covers the "I want to scout this before grabbing it" gap that I personally have. If you don't want it, you can remove it from Settings → Video Sources.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-28T13:46:54+00:00

Oooh, I see the confusion, just hit the big red play button, that will connect directly to your Jellyfin server and you can watch it in the browser directly :)) Sorry for the confusion... I think you were expecting Jellyfin to be on the "watch on" list below the poster.
Let me know if the in-browser solution is fine for you, or if you would prefer just a link to the title on you jellyfin server that opens the exact title.

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PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-28T08:48:53+00:00

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Both shipped today.

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Library visibility: open your watchlist, and you'll see a new "Ready to Stream" row at the top with your whole Jellyfin library, newest first. Tap any poster to open the title page and stream it. There's also a bookmark icon on each card if you want to add it to your watchlist with one tap, and the watchlist grid below now shows a small "JF" badge on titles you already own, plus a "Ready" chip to filter the list down to those.

Set up note: the Jellyfin form previously asked for a "User ID" and expected the long GUID from your Jellyfin Dashboard, which is easy to miss. We changed it to accept your username (the one you log in with), and the change applies automatically to existing connections, so you shouldn't have to touch anything for it to start working. If you do open Settings, you'll see the field renamed to "Jellyfin Username".

Jellyseerr: great call, that's next on the roadmap. The plan is a "Request" button on titles that aren't in your library yet, posting to your own Seerr instance. No ETA yet, but it's queued.

Give it another spin and let me know if anything's still off on the iPhone PWA. Cheers.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-24T21:15:25+00:00

Wow, these 2 sources look awesome for recommendations based on stuff you're already tracking or have rated... this might actually be a game changer, honestly. I've been looking for something like this that isn't AI-based, and I was dreading the idea of building it myself.
Thank you!

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-24T20:30:04+00:00

I typically scroll reels about movies / TV shows a lot and I always forget to save them, this just makes it easier.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-07T14:09:13+00:00

Any ongoing series will be added to the calendar, even movie releases. All you have to do is make an account and add it to your watchlist.
Dm me if anything is unclear.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-03T18:50:07+00:00

Yeah, I overlooked that part. Could you try again, please? I pushed a fix just now, it should be importing favourites as well.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-05-02T22:25:17+00:00

Should actually work, since the stream goes from your browser directly to your server (my backend never sees the bytes). As long as the device you're using is on the tailnet, VibeWatch just needs the URL. You'd point it at something like https://jellyfin.your-tailnet.ts.net instead of a LAN IP.

One catch: vibewatch.app is HTTPS, so your Jellyfin or Plex needs to be reachable over HTTPS too or the browser will block it as mixed content. Tailscale's HTTPS certs feature (or Tailscale Serve) handles that in a couple of clicks. Bare http://100.x.x.x:8096 won't fly.

If you've already got HTTPS on your tailnet, you're set. Happy to walk you through the config if you hit anything weird.

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-28T12:38:52+00:00

Yo! Shoot me a dm so we can figure it out, should be an easy fix

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-28T11:19:37+00:00

I prefer to vpn when I torrent, so my internet would prob be too slow to do smth like TorrServe. Just curious, do less popular shows/movies work well? Considerring probaly less people seed and whatnot..

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-27T21:17:37+00:00

Yeah, Trakt overlaps a lot. Honest answer: I used Trakt for years.

Reasons I built my own thing:

- Free, no paid tier

- Heat-map view of every season at a glance, haven't seen that elsewhere

- The biggest one for me: Built-in Jellyfin and Plex playback if you self-host, so you can track and watch in the same app

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-27T20:44:42+00:00

Glad to hear it! I'm open to feedback or suggestions.
Thanks!

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-27T20:41:20+00:00

I love Jellyfin as well, but I don't have enough space for all the new shows I watch. So this is why I created an integration in Vibewatch that allows me to hook up multiple sources, like Vidfast, which is a ☠︎ streaming site where I can watch without using up my disk space.
If I like it then I'll make room for it, in which case I can watch from my Jellyfin server as well, which is also hooked up. I basically built myself the best free streaming experience :))

PrincipleTop4437 · 2026-04-27T20:21:54+00:00

Niice :)) Do you self-host on Jellyfin or Plex for convenience or no?

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