Ombi

A self-hosted request portal where people sharing your Plex or Emby server ask for movies, TV shows and music, and approved items go to Sonarr or Radarr.

4.1k stars, 424 forks C# On GitHub since February 2016

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Ombi at a glance

Open sourceYes, GPL-2.0No paid parts in the repository
Health59 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDesktop appsSteps in the README
AppsLinux, Windows, macOS, including ARMBuilds in GitHub releases
Interface16 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~1 hourMedian first reply; 17% of recent issues answered

What is Ombi?

Ombi sits in front of a home media server and gives its users a place to ask for new content. A request can cover a film, an album, a whole series, one season or a single episode. Ombi checks whether the title already exists on Plex or Emby or is being monitored, forwards approved requests to Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr or CouchPotato, and marks them fulfilled once the media appears. Accounts can come from plex.tv, Emby or local users, and trusted people can be set to auto-approve. A landing page shows server availability and lets you post downtime notices.

Good fit if

  • Friends and family share your Plex or Emby library and keep messaging you with requests.
  • You already run Sonarr and Radarr and want requests to feed them without manual steps.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a newer request manager that also targets Jellyfin: Seerr.
  • You only need to download and organise TV shows yourself: Sonarr.

Before you adopt it

Ombi is under GPL-2.0, and no paid parts sit in the repository. Commits in the last 90 days came from four authors, and the most recent release, v4.53.10, dates from May 2026. Builds are offered for Linux, Windows and macOS; the repository ships no Docker file of its own. The interface counts 16 languages. Feature requests are collected on Feature Upvote, and the docs include reverse proxy examples.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Ombi yourself

Docker
No Docker files in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, Windows, macOS, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
16 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian and Chinese
Show all 16

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish

Install instructions: ombi.io or the README on GitHub.

Ombi health: is it still maintained?

59 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~3 daysLatest: v4.53.10, 30 May 2026
Issue repliesWithin ~1 hourMedian first reply; 17% of recent issues answered
Bus factorMedium riskThe most active of 4 authors wrote 50% of recent commits
  • Activity
    12 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 6 November 2026.
    13 / 30
  • Contributors
    4 people wrote the 12 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 50% of them.
    9 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v4.53.10, on 30 May 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 17% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 1 hour.
    13 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 4.8 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 7 November 2026. How the score works

Ombi security practices

OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

OpenSSF Scorecard4.8 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyNoNo SECURITY.md or similar
Signed releasesNoDownloads cannot be checked against a signature

What each check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Dangerous workflows10 / 10No risky patterns in GitHub Actions
  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Packaging10 / 10Releases are published as packages from CI
  • Static analysis10 / 10Code is scanned for bugs on every change
  • Code review4 / 10Some changes are merged without review
  • Best-practices badge0 / 10No OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Branch protection0 / 10The main branch has no protection rules
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found
  • Pinned dependencies0 / 10Dependencies are not pinned to fixed versions
  • Security policy0 / 10No security policy
  • Signed releases0 / 10Releases are not signed
  • Token permissions0 / 10CI tokens have broad write rights

From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 2 November 2026. Checks that do not apply to Ombi are left out.

Ombi license: is it open source?

Ombi uses GPL-2.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. February 2016First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-2.0.

Ombi for developers

Written in

  • C# 63%
  • TypeScript 23%
  • HTML 9%
  • SCSS 3%
  • JavaScript 1%
  • Other <1%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues159On GitHub
Authors, 90 days4Of 12 commits
Donations3 waysGitHub Sponsors, Patreon, own page

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Ombi

Is Ombi open source?

Yes. Ombi is published under GPL-2.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Ombi still maintained?

Its health score is 59 of 100 (actively developed). It had 12 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 6 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 30 May 2026.

How do I run Ombi?

You can run it as an app for Linux, Windows, macOS, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Ombi written in?

Ombi is written mainly in C# (63% of the code), with TypeScript (23%) and HTML (9%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Ombi available in?

The repository has interface translations for 16 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Ombi?

Close alternatives in the Media servers & streaming category include Seerr, Radarr, Kodi.