WatchState
Sync Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby watch progress across servers
WatchState is a self-hosted tool that keeps users’ watch progress and play state synchronized across Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers. It supports one-way or many-to-many sync without relying on external third-party services.
Key Features
- Multi-user and sub-user support
- One-way or two-way (many-to-many) play-state synchronization between backends
- Webhook ingestion from supported media servers to update state in near real time
- Scheduled and on-demand imports to reconcile missed events
- Portable play-state backup/export
- Detection of unmatched/mismatched items across servers
- Metadata search and parity checks to compare backend reporting
- Checks for stale references to old or removed files
Use Cases
- Keep watch progress consistent between a local Jellyfin server and a remote Plex server
- Migrate or rebuild a media server while preserving watch history via backups/restore
- Audit libraries across multiple backends to find mismatches and stale references
WatchState is well-suited for homelab and multi-server media setups where consistency and data ownership are important, offering both automation (webhooks/scheduling) and manual control for synchronization and verification.
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