Flox

Flox is a self-hosted application for tracking movies, TV shows and anime. It provides a centralized watchlist, episode tracking and calendar views, and integrates with external services for sync and federation.

Key Features

• Watchlist and library management for movies, TV shows and anime with color-coded types
• Episode tracking with per-episode seen state and calendar view for releases
• Calendar and reminders with configurable daily and weekly email summaries
• ActivityPub federation for sharing reviews and activities to the Fediverse
• Plex integration and webhook-based sync to import playback and ratings from Plex
• Background queues for importing, refreshing and federated delivery (supports database or Redis queues)
• Import/export of library data (JSON export; import downloads posters and replaces local DB)
• Uses The Movie Database (TMDb) as the metadata source

Use Cases

• Maintain a personal watchlist and track watched episodes across multiple devices
• Sync viewing activity from a Plex server into a centralized catalog and rating system
• Share reviews and activity with Fediverse followers while keeping a local catalog

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires a TMDb API key for metadata and does not include bundled metadata providers
• Import and refresh operations rely on a queue worker and a cron scheduler; long-running tasks need workers configured
• Database compatibility: MariaDB/MySQL are recommended; Postgres is known to have issues
• Ratings for seasons or individual episodes from Plex are not supported; only movie/show ratings are synced
• Large import files may be limited by PHP upload settings and require adjusting php.ini

Flox is a focused, lightweight option for users who want a local movie/TV catalog with Plex sync and Fediverse sharing. It emphasizes simple ratings, reminders and background processing for periodic updates.