Self-hosting

Docker

ffmpeg is already in the image.

docker compose up -d

To include a library, add it in Library → Manage after it starts. Paths are inside the container:

docker run -d --name seras -p 4545:4545 \
  -v seras-config:/config -v /path/to/media:/media:ro seras

Open https://localhost:4545, or https://<LAN_IP>:4545 from another device. Download /api/tls/ca.crt so the browser trusts the local certificate. The first visit on that machine creates the admin. Everyone else needs the six-digit code printed in docker logs seras.

From source

You need Rust and ffplay from a normal ffmpeg package. Use a release build, or poster decode crawls.

cargo run --release

Copy config.toml.example to ~/.config/seras/config.toml if you need to change ports or libraries.

Where it writes