Getting Started with Overseerr on Your Seedbox

What Is Overseerr?

Overseerr is a modern media request and discovery tool that integrates with Plex, Sonarr, and Radarr. It provides a beautiful interface where you and your Plex users can browse, request, and automatically download movies and TV shows.

Installing Overseerr

1. Open your Evoseedbox dashboard → Apps section
2. Find Overseerr → Click Install
3. Once installed, click Open

Initial Setup

1. Sign in with your Plex account
2. Configure your Plex server connection (usually auto-detected)
3. Add Sonarr: Settings → Services → Add Sonarr → Enter localhost, port 8989, API key from Sonarr → Settings → General
4. Add Radarr: Same process, port 7878
5. Configure user permissions (who can request what)

How Overseerr Works

The workflow is fully automated:

1. A user browses Overseerr’s catalog and clicks Request on a movie or show
2. Overseerr sends the request to Sonarr (TV) or Radarr (movies)
3. Sonarr/Radarr searches your indexers via Prowlarr
4. The torrent downloads via ruTorrent or Deluge
5. The file is organized and appears in Plex automatically

User Permissions and Quotas

Overseerr shines when you share your Plex server with family or friends. Instead of fielding “can you add this movie?” messages, give each person an account and let the system handle it:

• Auto-approve — trusted users’ requests go straight to Sonarr/Radarr with no review. Good for household members.
• Request limits — cap how many movies or episodes a user can request per week, so one enthusiastic friend doesn’t fill your disk. Set under Settings → Users → Default Permissions, or per user.
• Manual approval — requests from new users queue up for you to approve or decline from the Requests page.

Overseerr imports your Plex friends automatically, so anyone who already has access to your server can sign in with their own Plex account — no separate passwords to manage.

Notifications

Overseerr can notify users when their request is available. Under Settings → Notifications you can enable email, Discord, Telegram, Pushover and several other agents. The two most popular setups:

• Discord webhook — post every request and its status to a channel your users share. Requesters see “Available” the moment Plex has the file.
• Email — quieter option; users only hear about their own requests.

4K Requests

If you run separate 4K instances of Sonarr/Radarr, Overseerr supports them as parallel services: mark one Radarr as your 4K server in Settings → Services, and users with the “Request 4K” permission get a separate 4K request button. If you only run one quality tier, leave this off — it keeps the interface simpler. Disk budgeting matters at 4K sizes; see our 4K streaming guide and pick a plan with headroom on the pricing page.

Overseerr vs Ombi

Using Jellyfin instead of Plex? Jellyseerr is the same experience built for Jellyfin accounts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do my users need their own Plex accounts?

Yes — Overseerr authenticates through Plex, so anyone you’ve shared your Plex server with can log into Overseerr with the same account. Their permissions inside Overseerr are whatever you grant them.

Requests are approved but nothing downloads — why?

Check the chain: the request must reach Sonarr/Radarr (Settings → Services shows a green check), those apps need working indexers (test in Prowlarr), and a connected download client. Nine times out of ten the culprit is a wrong API key or a root-folder mismatch between Overseerr and the *arr app.

Can I run Overseerr and Jellyseerr at the same time?

Yes — they’re separate apps with separate databases. If you serve both Plex and Jellyfin users, run one of each and point both at the same Sonarr/Radarr so requests land in one place.

Does Overseerr download anything itself?

No. Overseerr only manages requests and discovery — Sonarr, Radarr and your download client do the actual work. That’s why it’s so light on resources.

Related Pages

• Overseerr seedbox hosting — one-click install with every plan
• Sonarr Setup · Radarr Setup · Plex Setup
• Quick *arr stack setup — the full pipeline in one guide
• Plex seedbox · Prowlarr seedbox