Plex plugins can improve the functionality of your Plex Media Server, improving your streaming experience.
However, since Plex discontinued plugin support, finding plugins that work can be frustrating.
The good news, however, is that many Plex plugins and add-ons are still working. Below is a look at some of them and their cool features.
1. Tautulli
Tautulli is a third-party application that monitors your Plex media server’s activity and statistics.
It has a nice, clean interface that is very easy to use. It is also available across several platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS), allowing you to monitor your Plex server from various devices.
Tautulli also offers several features like:
- Monitor activity on your Plex server, including the content watched, who watched it, and when and where it was watched.
- Create and send newsletters after adding new media to your Plex server.
- View the watch log history of all the users on your server.
- View and delete synced content from your Plex server.
- Notification alerts for stream activity, newly added media, and other events on your Plex server.
2. Kitana
Kitana is a Plex plugin that allows you to manage other plugins on your Plex server. It can install, update, and configure plugins, thus improving your Plex experience.
It has become one of the most essential plugins since Plex discontinued plugin support.
Kitana plugin offers several features like:
- Authenticating with Plex.TV, allowing you to securely access, install, and manage your Plex plugins.
- Managing your Plex server plugins remotely on a mobile device.
- Installing and managing plugins on multiple Plex servers from a single interface.
3. Sub-Zero
Sub-Zero is a subtitle management plugin for the Plex media server. It searches for subtitles from several provider sites, selects the best math for your media, and then downloads it.
The plugin also allows you to manage your current subtitles, for example, by fixing glitches, thus improving the Plex experience.
Some of the cool features of the Sub-Zero plugin include the following:
- Automatic scheduler that periodically searches for missing (or better) subtitles for your media files.
- Subtitle personalization: You can configure several settings, such as different languages, hearing difficulty settings, embed subtitles, etc.
- Storage management: You can use the plugin to specify where to store your subtitles, for example, externally, beside your media files, inside the Plex internal metadata storage, or in a fixed location.
- Subtitles modification: The plugin can add color to your subtitles, fix punctuation issues, adjust the timing, fix a wrong framerate, and more.
4. Kometa
Kometa (formerly Plex Meta Manager) is a plugin for managing media libraries on your Plex server.
It allows you to customize several library features, from metadata to collections, overlays, and others, for a more seamless streaming experience.
Kometa has several cool features you can use on your Plex server, such as:
- Improve your media library with customized titles, artwork, summaries, and metadata.
- Pre-made modular collections and overlay that make it easy to find media files in your library.
- Integrating your Plex server with third-party applications like Trakt, IMDb, TMDb, Radarr, Sonarr, and more.
- Library management – fetching new posters for media files, replacing ratings with others from your preferred sources, and backing up your metadata.
5. Web Tools-NG
Web Tools-NG is an application that allows you to better organize and maintain your Plex media server.
The application offers several tool modules to help streamline your Plex media server management. These include:
- A Download module – with this module, you can download video files, subtitles, and other assets from Plex servers (for which you have download rights) and add them to your Plex server.
- An ExportTools module – the module helps you export information about the media files in your Plex server.
- A Plex Media Server Module that allows you to perform several tasks like scheduling tasks, searching for files in the Plex dataset (to locate missing media), changing the Plex server settings, and copying viewed files from one user to another.
- Plex.TV – this module allows you to access information about users with whom you share files on your Plex server.
6. QuasiTV
Quasi TV is a standalone client for the Plex media server (it is also used on Jellyfin and Emby servers). The application takes collections from your Plex media server and stimulates live TV by creating live channels.
QuasiTV has the following cool applications you can use for your Plex server:
- Automatic channel creation: The application creates live TV channels based on your movie’s genres or your TV show’s studio/network.
- Custom channel creation: You can create up to 10 free channels (or unlimited channels with in-app purchases).
- Chanel editing: QuasiTV offers an in-app channel editor that makes editing your channels a seamless experience.
QuasiTV app is available for download on Google Play Store and Amazon.
7. FileBot
FileBot is a universal application that allows you to easily and efficiently organize your movies, TV shows, and other media in your Plex server.
It is an independent plugin that can even be used with similar services like Emby and Kodi.
FileBot can do several things for your Plex media server, such as:
- Automatically fetch metadata for your media, such as movie and TV show names, episode titles, and more, from online sources.
- Automatically match your media with information from your preferred online sources (IMDb, TMDb, etc.), and then rename and organize the files on your Plex server.
- Automatic and manual search and download of subtitles for your media files.
- Downloading artwork and media images for your files.
8. Plex-Sync
Plex-Sync is a plugin that syncs your media files’ watched/viewed status. This helps to offer you (and any other user accessing your Plex server) a seamless streaming experience.
The Plex-Sync plugin can perform several functions like:
- Syncing the watch status of your media files across several devices. This way, you (and other users) can easily pick up exactly where you left off watching your files, even if using a different device.
- Syncing the watch status between multiple Plex media servers. This can be a vital feature when you are running multiple servers concurrently.
- Scheduling automatic syncing of the watch status of your media files, thus ensuring the media status of your library is always up-to-date across all your devices/servers.
9. Bazarr
Bazarr is a Plex plugin for managing subtitles in media files. It is a multi-platform application that can operate on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Docker containers and supports over 20 subtitle providers.
This plugin can perform several functions for your Plex server, such as:
- Automatic search and download of missing subtitles for your media files.
- Manual search and download of subtitles.
- Automatic upgrade of existing subtitles when better ones are found.
10. Jackett
Jackett is an application that acts as a proxy server by translating queries for applications like Sonar, CouchPotato, Raddarr, and others.
This allows the application to search and retrieve metadata for torrent files from several trackers in a single interface.
Jackett can perform several functions on your Plex server, including:
- Indexing torrents from various trackers, thus making them available for download on your Plex server.
- Providing a search function that you can use to search for torrent files from several sites at once.
- Configuring RSS feeds to automatically download new torrent fill when they become available.
Jackett is available for download on GitHub.
11. Sonarr
Sonarr is a third-party application that you can integrate with your Plex media server to manage the TV shows in your library.
The application offers several functions like:
- A calendar for all your upcoming TV show episodes.
- Tracking and monitoring new (or missing) TV episodes, then adding them to the download queue.
- A manual search function to find specific TV show episodes.
- Automatic redownloads for failed downloads.
12. Radarr
Radarr is a third-party application that manages your movie collection on a Plex media server. It is similar to Sonarr, except that it is designed for managing movies, not TV shows.
This application offers several features that you can use in your Plex server, including:
- Adding movies and metadata (title, release date, genre, rating, and more) to your library.
- A calendar for all upcoming movie releases.
- Monitoring RSS feeds for new movie releases and integrating with download clients to add new movies to your library.
- Upgrading your movies when better quality formats become available.
- Automatically searching for new/different movie releases when a download fails.
13. Tdarr
Tdarr is an application that automates the conversion of media files into formats compatible with your hardware or software.
It can also convert your files into less space-intensive formats, thus improving your Plex streaming experience.
Tdarr can perform several functions on your Plex media server, including:
- Transcoding video files from h264 to h265. This can reduce the file sizes by up to 50%.
- Cleaning up your library by removing unwanted subtitle streams, audio, or messy title metadata from your files.
- Organize your library by renaming your files based on their format and resolution.
- Automated health checks that help you monitor your files for corruption.
14. TitleCardMaker
TitleCardMaker is a program that creates customized title cards for your Plex media files. It also works with other personal media applications like Jellyfin and Emby.
This app can carry out the following functions on Plex:
- Automatically create title cards for your movies and TV shows based on the available metadata on your server or by pulling media information from TMDb.
- Creating custom title cards for your media.
- Creating spoiler-free title cards for TV show episodes you have not watched.
15. Prowlarr
Prowlarr is an index manager for managing Torrent trackers and Usenet indexers on the Plex media server.
It is an excellent application for streamlining your media organization, thus creating a more efficient media library.
Prowlarr has several uses on Plex, including:
- Offering a centralized interface where you can manage multiple indexers makes searching for and downloading new files much easier and more efficient.
- Improving the discovery of new media files for your Plex server.
- Manually searching for new media files in all of your indexers.
Prowlarr is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, NAS, Linux, Docker, and BSD.
16. FlareSolverr
FlareSolverr is an application you can integrate with your Plex Media Server to act as a proxy server.
It simulates a normal browser session and bypasses Cloudflare’s anti-bot measures, allowing you to access protected content easily.
FlareSolverr can perform several functions on your Plex server:
- Bypassing Cloudflare’s restrictions, thus allowing you to discover and access more content for your server.
- It stores browser cookies on your server (until you destroy them), saving you from repeatedly solving Cloudflare challenges.
- Displaying a list of all active browser sessions on your server for debugging purposes.
You can get the FlareSolverr application from GitHub.
17. SABnzbd
SABnzbd is a free binary newsreader that allows you to access and read Usenet newsgroups.
When used on Plex, it acts as a download client, allowing you to discover and download binary files from various Usenet newsgroups.
SABnzbd comes with several features that can be handy for your Plex server, including:
- Automating your Usenet downloading process: It will monitor multiple RSS feeds and send the files to the appropriate clients for download when they become available.
- Providing a simple and easy-to-use interface for dealing with Usenet.
- Optimizing the performance of your Plex media server by allowing for fast and efficient downloads.
- Integrating with other Plex plugins, tools, and applications like Radarr and Sonarr.
SABnzbd is available in 16 languages on multiple platforms like Windows, macOS, Unix, and NAS.
18. Aegisub
Aegisub is a subtitle editing application popularly used for fansubbing. You can integrate it with your Plex media server to handle your media’s subtitle needs.
Aegisub can help you perform several functions on your Plex server, including:
- Creating custom video subtitles: This can be handy when you can’t find subtitles for your movies and TV shows.
- Editing existing subtitles to fix timing problems, spelling issues, out-of-sync subtitles, and other glitches. You can also use Aegisub to change the color, font, and style of your subtitles, among other modifications.
- Converting subtitles to a format that your Plex media server supports.’
- Translating foreign language subtitles.
- Adding effects to subtitles, such as animations for karaoke, scrolling credits, etc.
19. MakeMKV
MakeMKV is an application that extracts media from Blu-ray discs and DVDs and then converts it to MKV files.
You can add movies, TV shows, and other video files from your disc collection to your Plex media server.
MakeMKV can do lots of cool things on your Plex server, including:
- Ripping DVDs and Blu-ray discs (including protected ones) and converting the files to an MKV format you can add to your Plex Media Server.
- Preserve your discs’ original quality, including the video and HD audio.
- Preserve your discs’ chapter information and metadata (track language, audio type, subtitles, and more).
- It offers a quick and efficient ripping process, making adding new files to your media library easy.
NOTE: The MKV files created by the application are quite large, which can cause some issues when streaming them.
Therefore, it is advisable to use another Plugin to transcode them into more manageable formats, such as H265.
You can download the MakeMKV application from makemkv.com/download (for Windows and macOS) or github.com/diddlesnaps/makemkv (Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux OS).
20. gMKVExtractGUI
gMKVExtractGUI is a graphical user interface for the command-line tool mkvextract.
You can integrate it with your Plex Media Server to provide a simple-to-use interface for extracting information from MKV files.
The gMKVExtractGUI tool can perform several functions on your Plex server, such as:
- Extracting video and audio tracks from MKV files, which you can add to your media library.
- Extracting subtitles from MKV files that you can add to your media, thus improving the Plex experience.
- Extracting metadata information such as tags, chapters, attachments, timecodes, and more helps improve the management of files in your media library.
- Note: To use the gMKVExtractGUI, you need to have installed the MKVToolNix software package on your system.
21. Watchtower
Watchtower is a tool that automates the process of updating Docker container (lightweight software packages of an application) images.
You can integrate the tool with Plex Media Server, thus automating the update process of your Plex containers.
Watchtower can perform several functions on your Plex, including:
- Real-time monitoring of your Plex containers for new updates, thus ensuring they are always up-to-date and secure.
- Automated updates of your Plex containers save you from spending a lot of time updating them manually.
- Seamless shutdowns and restarts—When containers are updated, Watchtower will shut them down and restart them, thus ensuring your Plex server keeps running smoothly without any interruptions.
- Customized update process—You can create a custom update schedule (for example, update frequency, which containers will be updated, restart behavior, etc.), thus giving yourself complete control over your Plex server maintenance.
22. LunaSea
LunaSea is an open-source application designed to control self-hosted media software installed on your devices.
It can be integrated with a Plex media server, offering a seamless way of managing your media, among other things.
LunaSea can perform several functions on your Plex server, including:
- Automating the management of new media content fetched through download clients like Radarr, Lidarr, and Sonarr.
- Displaying the real-time stream information about your Plex Media Server via Tautulli.
- Managing your Usenet binary newsreaders ques.
- Searching newsgroup indexers and sending files to your newsreaders, thus allowing you to add new content to your media library.
This application is available on iOS, Windows, Android, macOS, Linux, and web platforms. LunaSea can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, SnapCraft, and GitHub.
23. FlexGet
FlexGet is a multipurpose application that automates the management of a wide variety of media.
It can be used with your Plex media server to streamline your Plex library’s downloading and media organization process.
FlexGet can perform the following functions in your Plex server:
- Automatically download – FlexGet will monitor your feeds and send the files to various download clients to be added to your media library.
- Manually searching for the TV show episodes and movies you want to download.
- Filtering the RSS feed and separating the files you want to download into different folders.
- Sending notifications when new media becomes available.
- Filtering the metadata information of files ensures you only download the best-quality content.
The FlexGet application is available for download on GitHub.
24. Plex-ffmpeg
Plex-ffmpeg is a transcoder application for the Plex media server. It includes tools and libraries for processing and managing content such as audio, video, subtitles, and metadata in your media library.
Plex-ffmpeg can perform the following functions:
- Convert video and audio to various formats supported by the Plex media server.
- Extracting subtitles that are included in video input files.
- Converting subtitles to various formats and adding them to the videos.
- Creating video slideshows from images.
Plex-ffmpeg is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. You can download the application from ffmpeg.org/download.html or github.com/comio/plex-ffmpeg.
25. Varys for Plex
Varys for Plex is an app that connects to your Plex media server, providing access to a wide range of information. It is an excellent solution for monitoring your server remotely.
It offers several features like:
- It provides you with a list of the current streams and related information, such as users, players, quality, and more.
- Providing you with a list of running media conversions and related information, such as the transcoding speed and the remaining transcoding time.
- Providing you with information about streamed media, such as the files, their size, video/audio/subtitle tracks, ratings, duration, release date, and other metadata.
- Providing you with a watch history for the media in your library.
- Cross-linking related media in your library, for example, your audio tracks with the album and artist of TV episodes with the TV show and season.
Varys for Plex also offers additional features that are unlocked through in-app purchases. Some of these pro features include:
- Real-time display of server CPU and bandwidth.
- List of recently added media, playback history, top played media, user list and their playback statistics, and more.
- Monitoring Plex server updates, including release notes.
Varys for Plex is currently only available for download on the iOS platform Apple App Store.
26. Overseerr
Overseerr is an open-source application for discovering media and managing media requests.
It can integrate with several Plex applications, such as Radarr and Sonarr, and offer you (and your Plex server users) a centralized platform for discovering new media and making requests.
Overseerr comes with the following features that can be very useful on your Plex server:
- A media discovery tool where you (and your users) can search for the media you want to watch or receive inline suggestions and recommendations. The displayed media also features important information like the cast, ratings, release date, and more.
- A request interface where your Plex server users can request new media to be added to the library. The request interface also allows you to approve or decline requests.
- DVR integration with other Plex applications, such as Radarr and Sonarr, allows you to better monitor your Plex server’s activity.
- Regular scans of your Plex library so that you (and your users) are always aware of the available media.
- You can receive notifications through several supported clients, such as email, Pushbullet, Pushover, Telegram, Slack, and Discord.
The Overseerr application is available for download on GitHub.
27. Traefik
Traefik is a load balancer and an open-source reverse proxy tool. You can configure your Plex media server with Traefik, which allows you to access your server remotely through a custom domain.
This plugin can perform the following functions on your Plex media server:
- Acting as a reverse proxy, thus allowing you to access your Plex server remotely.
- It provides SSL encryption, which ensures that all communications between your devices and the Plex server are secure.
- Providing authentication tools that help to secure your Plex server.
- Distributing incoming traffic and requests to multiple Plex server instances (load-balancing). This helps improve your Plex server’s performance and reliability.
- Enables you to create a URL that you can use to access your Plex server remotely.
The Traefik application is available on GitHub.
28. Gluetun
Gluetun is a VPN client for Docker containers. It can be used with a Plex media server and can provide you with multiple VPN services to route server traffic.
Gluetun comes with several cool features like:
- VPN routing: Gluetun supports several VPN services, such as AirVPN, CyberGhost, ExpressVPN, NordVPN, VPNUnlimted, and more. These services offer several benefits, like maintaining the privacy of your Plex server and allowing you to access geo-restricted content.
- DNS blocking of malicious traffic, ads, surveillance bots, and suspicious hostnames and IP addresses.
- A firewall kill switch that prevents the traffic from leaving your Plex server if the VPN connection fails, thus ensuring the anonymity of your IP address at all times.
- DNS over TLS encryption to help keep the communication between your devices and the Plex server secure.
You can get the Gluetun from GitHub.
29. HandBrake
HandBrake is an open-source application that converts video files into various formats. You can integrate it with Plex to transcode your files into supported formats before adding them to your library.
HandBrake offers several cool features like:
- Transcoding your video files into supported Plex formats, including the mp4 h265 format, which uses less space.
- Batch transcoding – transcoding several video files with the same preset at once. This can be useful if you have a large media library.
- Replacing your video file’s audio track with another one of higher quality or a different language.
- Adding subtitles to your video files.
- Editing your video files by cropping or resizing them.
HandBrake is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.
30. qBittorrent
qBittorrent is an open-source application that allows you to download files using the BitTorrent protocol. You can use it with your Plex media server to handle all the torrent downloads for your media library.
This plugin comes with the following cool features that you can deploy on your Plex server, such as:
- A search engine that you can browse new content on multiple Torrent sites.
- RSS feeds support, allowing you to configure the application to automatically download and add files to your Plex media library.
- IP filtering to block content from suspicious IP addresses and bad peers.
- A torrent creation tool – this allows you to create torrents and share your media files with other internet users.
- Other handy torrent client features include bandwidth scheduler, sequential downloading, and torrent queuing.
qBittorrent is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.
31. Trakt.tv (for Plex)
Trakt.tv (for Plex) or the Plex Trakt Scrobbler is a plugin that synchronizes your Plex watched history, ratings, playback progress, and media lists with Trakt.tv.
This allows you to keep track of what you are watching on your Plex server.
Trakt.tv (for Plex) comes with the following features:
- Automatic tracking of every movie and TV show you are watching.
- Uploading the watched history, playback progress, and rating of the media in your Plex library to Trakt.tv.
- Synchronizing your Plex media library data with other applications like Kodi, Emby, Infuse, and MediaPortal.
- Linking each user on your Plex Media Server to an individual Trakt.tv profiles, thus allowing them to track their movies and TV shows.
Trakt.tv(for Plex) is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and others.
Learn how to activate and use Trakt.TV on your Plex Media Server.
32. Plex Auto Languages
Plex Auto Languages is a TV show language plugin for the Plex media server. It automatically updates the language of upcoming TV show episodes based on your current language.
Plex Auto Languages comes with the following features:
- Automatically updating the languages of your TV show episodes, thus allowing you to watch your content in your preferred language.
- Custom language updates—You can decide how the plugin updates the language for your TV show. For example, you can set it to change the language for the entire show, the current season, or only the next few upcoming episodes.
- Multi-user support – allows each user to set their preferred language. For example, one user can watch a TV show in English, and another can watch the same show in German.
33. Whisparr
Whisparr is an adult video manager and download client for Usenet and BitTorrent sites. It can be a handy application to add to your Plex media server if you plan on having adult content in your media library.
This plugin is similar to other Usenet and BitTorrent applications like Radarr, with the only exception being that it is designed for adult content. It comes with the following features:
- Adding new movies to your media library and related metadata information like trailers, ratings, and more.
- Monitoring RSS feeds for new movie releases and then interfacing with download clients to download them.
- Monitoring Usenet and BitTorrent indexers for better quality movies to upgrade the ones currently in your library.
- The manual search function allows you to find and download new movies not picked up by the automatic feature.
- Importing downloaded movies and supporting metadata (trailers, subtitles, etc.).
Whisparr is an open-source application, available free of charge. You can get the application’s source code on GitHub.
34. Ombi
Ombi is a Plex plugin for managing new media requests. It provides a web interface where users on your Plex media server can request new content to be added to the library.
This application comes with the following features:
- Request function: Users can request new movies, TV episodes, seasons, or TV shows.
- Automatic request approval, after which the requested media is added to download clients like Radarr, Lidarr, and Sonarr. This helps to streamline the process of adding new media to your library.
- Custom notifications are sent to the users on the Plex server depending on their requests.
- Automatic update on the status of the request once new media becomes available.
You can download Ombi from the Google Play Store, Apple App Store, or GitHub.
35. Varken
Varken is a command-line tool that collects and combines data from your Plex server into InfluxDB. This provides a centralized interface for monitoring several aspects of your Plex media server.
You can use Varken to perform several functions on your Plex server, including:
- Monitoring your Plex server’s media library statistics, including the number of files, movies, TV series, episodes, seasons, total storage used, etc.
- Tracking the playback activity on your Plex server, including duration of playback sessions, most watched media, number of plays, pauses, & stops, and more.
- Monitoring the streaming activity on your Plex server, including the number of active streams, types of streams, and the types of devices used for streaming.
- Monitoring the user information, including online users, their play state (watching or paused), their devices, the media they watch, media quality, and more.
- Tracking media status, including upcoming movie and TV show releases and missing content that has become available.
You can get the Varken tool from GitHub.
36. NZB360
NZB360 is an application for managing Usenet and Torrent files on the Android platform.
It can be used as a Plex plugin to remotely manage the search and download process of files from Torrent sites on your Plex media server.
NZB360 offers several features like:
- Usenet indexing: NZB36 integrates with other applications, such as Jackett, Prowlarr, and others, allowing you to search and index multiple torrent sites for new media.
- Automatic downloads: The app integrates with various download clients in your Plex server, creating a seamless download process for new media.
- Wake on Lan – the feature allows you to wake up your Plex server remotely from your phone.
- Notification – the app provides multiple notifications, for example, when new media becomes available.
NZB360 is currently available for Android devices only on the Google Play Store.
37. Autobrr
Autobrr is a download manager tool for Usenet and BitTorrent files. It can automate the search and download process for media files on your Plex server.
This plugin comes with several features like:
- Integrating with indexing tools like Prowlarr, improving content discovery for your Plex server.
- Monitoring IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels and RSS feeds to discover new releases as soon as they are added to torrent sites.
- Forwarding media files that match your criteria to download clients for immediate download.
- A robust notification system via tools like Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Notifiarr, and Pushover which keeps you up to date with what is happening on your channel.
Autobrr is available on several platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Docker. The application can be downloaded from GitHub.
38. Plex-Trakt-Sync
Plex-Trakt-Sync is a tool for synchronizing data on your Plex server media with Trakt.tv.
It creates a two-way sync between your Plex server and Trakt.tv without requiring the premium Plex Pass or a VIP Trakt subscription.
Plex-Trakt-Sync comes with the following features:
- Adding the files (movies and TV shows) on your Plex media library to Trakt.tv, thus allowing you to track the media you are watching.
- Synchronizing the ratings of your Plex server media information with that of Trakt.tv.
- Syncing the watched status between the media in your Plex server and your Trakt.tv profile.
- Downloading liked lists on Trakt.tv and adding them to your media library.
The Plex-Trakt-Sync tool is available for download on GitHub.
39. Unpackerr
Unpackerr is an application that extracts (unpacks) files from the download client after the downloads are completed.
You can use it on your Plex server to extract and import downloaded files to your media library.
Unpackerr can perform several cool functions on your Plex server like:
- Extracting downloaded files from various formats (like RAR, TAR, ZIP, and others), thus making it easy to move them to your media library.
- Watching folders for new downloads and automatically extracting the files once the download is completed.
- Integrating with media management tools like Sonarr and Radarr to streamline the process of importing downloaded files into your library.
- Deleting the original download files after extraction. This keeps your download folder organized and frees up storage space for more media in your library.
40. Notifiarr
Notifiarr is a tool for customizing notifications for your Plex media server. It also aggregates information from multiple Plex applications on a single interface, making it easier to monitor your server.
It offers the following features:
- Customized notifications for various events, including when media is added or removed from your library, transcoding process, playback events, and other Plex system events.
- Custom notifications for user interaction events, including active streaming sessions, duration, and streaming status (play, pause, resume, and more).
- System statistics notification, including system health, memory & CPU usage, temperature, raid status, network health status, drive status, and more.
The Notifiarr application and its source code are available on GitHub.
41. Organizr
Organizr is a tool that organizes all your Plex plugins and add-ons in a single web page interface. This allows you to easily monitor what is happening with your server without switching between different applications.
Organizr offers the following features:
- Single sign-on – logging into Organizr will automatically log you into your Plex server and other Plex applications like Ombi, Sonarr, and Radarr.
- Custom tabs for your Plex services all in one interface.
- A user management interface with three categories of users: admin, user, and guest.
- A homepage interface listing all the media in your library.
42. xTeVe
xTeVe is a M3U proxy for Plex DVR (it can also be used with Emby Live TV). You can use it to enable IPTV streaming on your Plex server.
This plugin offers the following features:
- Parsing the M3U file (or URL) to extract the IPTV channel, their names, logos, and other metadata.
- Channel management – allows you to customize the channel names, reorder the channel list, and even hide unwanted channels from your library.
- Integrating with an EPG (Electronic Program Guide), thus giving you access to the TV schedule, program information, and other TV guide information on your Plex server.
- Managing the IPTV streams with functions like transcoding and stream filtering, thus improving the Plex viewing experience.
The xTeVe application is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD platforms.
43. TheatreTrailers
TheatreTrailers is a Plex plugin that downloads upcoming movie and TV show trailers and adds them to your Plex media library.
This helps to keep you (and your users) up to date with upcoming media releases.
TheatreTrailers offers several features like:
- Automatically download trailers from YouTube and add them to your trailers folder in the Plex media library.
- Creating a “Coming Soon” poster image for each trailer, making it easy to identify them as upcoming media releases.
- Auto deleting the trailers once the movie or TV show is released and added to your Plex media library.
44. ExportTools
ExportTools is a Plex plugin bundle that allows you to export your Plex media library. It can be a great tool to share your library with others without giving them access to your Plex server.
This Plex plugin offers the following features:
- Export your Plex library (including the metadata) into several formats, including CSV, xlsx, m3u8, html, and more.
- Creating a public catalog of your Plex media library, which you can share with others.
- Importing your Plex media library data into other applications and services.
You can get the ExportTools bundle application or its source code from GitHub.
45. Unmanic
Unmanic is a library management and optimization tool. It can be used with your Plex media server to automate the management of your media library through customized tasks.
Unmanic offers several features that can be handy for Plex, including:
- A scheduler that scans your media library to check for files that don’t conform to your set formats. These files are then queued for necessary processing.
- Transcoding your audio and video files using the Ffmpeg tool to ensure they fit the set preset for your Plex server.
- Moving files from one library to another or compressing older files after a configured period.
- Automatically executing FileBot to rename new files added to your media library.
- A web interface where you can configure, manage, and monitor your Plex media library optimization.
46. PlexKodiConnect
PlexKodiConnect is an application that synchronizes your Plex media server library with the Kodi database. This lets you access your Plex server with the Kodi interface and other Kodi add-ons.
This plugin offers several features, including:
- Automatically synchronize your Plex media library with the Kodi library and vice versa.
- Caching your media metadata and images allows you to browse your Plex library much faster.
- Plex Watch Later support: PlexKodiConnect allows you to add media to your watchlist and access it later across all your devices, even on the Kodi interface.
- Automatically downloads missing trailers and artwork in your Plex media library using Kodi’s The Movie Database and Artwork Downloader add-ons.
The PlexKodiConnect application is available for download on GitHub.
47. Plex_debrid
Plex_debrid is an application that supports streaming content from torrent sources. It makes torrent files available for streaming on your Plex server without downloading.
It offers several features, such as:
- Monitoring Trakt watchlists, Plex watchlists, and Overseer requests to find newly released movies and TV shows.
- Scrapping media releases from various Torrent sources before making them available for streaming in your Plex server.
- Monitoring for cached torrent files from various sources and making them available for streaming on your Plex server. The cached files guarantee faster streaming and better performance for your Plex server.
You can download Plex_debrid from myqnap.org/product/plex-debrid/ or github.com/itsToggle/plex_debrid.
48. MCEBuddy
MCEBuddy is software that converts video files and performs several other library management tasks. You can integrate it with your Plex media server to streamline library management tasks.
The plugin offers several features like:
- Converting video files (including batch and scheduled conversions) into several supported Plex formats.
- Removing commercials and adverts from your video files during the conversion process.
- Organizing, sorting, and renaming files and folders in your media library.
- Editing video and audio files
- Extracting, embedding, and burning subtitles.
You can download the MCEBuddy application from mcebuddy2x.en.download.it or sourceforge.net/projects/mcebuddy.
49. Lidarr
Lidarr is a download manager for Usenet and BitTorrent platforms that you can integrate with your Plex media server.
It is similar to Radarr, Sonarr, Whisparr, and other torrent download clients, except that Lidarr is designed for music files.
Lidarr comes with the following features:
- Tracking and monitoring for new artist and album releases and automatically downloading them when they become available.
- A manual search feature to search for specific tracks, albums, and artists.
- A calendar feature that displays all your upcoming album releases.
- Monitoring for Usenet and BitTorrent sources for better quality tracks to upgrade the ones in your library.
- Tagging your music files with the right metadata information for more efficient organization.
Lidarr is available across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker, NAS, BSD, and more. You can download the application from lidarr.audio/#download or github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr.
50. Lambda
Lambda is a Plex plugin that allows you to export your Plex media server metadata to a local location. It can be an excellent tool for backing up your media library’s information.
Lambda comes with features like:
- Exporting various types of metadata information, including movie and series posters, fanart, banners, collections, and more.
- Importing exported local metadata back into your Plex media server.
- Ignoring or selecting naming conventions of exported metadata for easier library management.
51. Plex Rewind
Plex Rewind is an application that displays statistics and an overview of your Plex server in a web-based dashboard. It offers a centralized interface for monitoring your server’s activities.
This plugin offers several features like:
- Constantly updating statistics ensures you view the latest events in your Plex media server.
- A simple-to-use dashboard interface that displays various statistics such as movies, TV shows (and available episodes), audiobooks, music, and users in your Plex media server.
- A rewind feature that allows users in your server to view their statistics and habits for each year.
- Single login feature – logging into the Plex Rewind dashboard will automatically (and securely) log you into your Plex media server.