External Services Overview

Connect JellyWatch to your entire media stack — request managers, download clients, and server monitoring.

What Are External Services?

External Services let you connect JellyWatch to third-party applications in your media server ecosystem. Once configured, their data appears on your Dashboard and in dedicated screens.

Supported Services

ServiceTypeDescription
JellyseerrRequest ManagerManage media requests
Seerr (Seerr)Request ManagerManage media requests for Plex/Jellyfin
RadarrMovie ManagerMonitor and manage movie downloads
SonarrTV ManagerMonitor and manage TV series downloads
LidarrMusic ManagerMonitor and manage music downloads
BazarrSubtitle ManagerAutomatic subtitle downloading
TdarrTranscodingDistributed transcoding management
ProwlarrIndexer ManagerManage torrent/usenet indexers
JellystatStatisticsAdvanced Jellyfin playback statistics
qBittorrentTorrent ClientMonitor active torrents
DelugeTorrent ClientMonitor active torrents
TransmissionTorrent ClientMonitor active torrents
uTorrentTorrent ClientMonitor active torrents
Linux (SSH)Server MonitorMonitor Linux servers via SSH
Windows (WinRM)Server MonitorMonitor Windows servers via WinRM
TrueNASNAS MonitorMonitor TrueNAS systems
UnraidNAS MonitorMonitor Unraid systems

Adding an External Service

  1. Go to Dashboard → Swipe up bottom menu → Services → + .
  2. Tap Add Service.
  3. Select the service type.
  4. Enter the URL and API key (or credentials for Jellyseerr/Seerr).
  5. Optionally enable self-signed certificates and dual URL mode.
  6. Tap Save.

Service Features

Each service supports:

  • Health check monitoring — JellyWatch periodically checks if the service is reachable.
  • Health status indicator — Healthy, Unhealthy, or Unknown.
  • Dual URL support — local and external URLs with auto-switching.
  • Custom headers — for services behind reverse proxies.
  • SSH key authentication — for Linux server connections.
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