Getting started#

Seanime Denshi is a GUI application with a system tray icon. It is powered by an embedded server and also gives you access to the Web UI from your browser.

#Windows

• Download the installer and run it.

#macOS

• Download the installer (.dmg), open it and drag the app to the Applications folder.

• Open System Settings > Security & Privacy, scroll down to Security and click Open Anyway.
• If you don't see the option, run xattr -c /Applications/Seanime\ Denshi.app in your terminal.

#Linux

• Download the AppImage, make the file executable (chmod a+x seanime.AppImage) and run it with the flag --gtk-version=3.

The server version runs in the system tray on Windows, and in the terminal on macOS and Linux. It gives you access to the Web UI from your browser.

1. Download and extract the executable

Info: Avoid placing the executable in a directory containing unrelated files. Place it inside a dedicated folder.

2. Run the server

• Launch the binary file (e.g., .exe on Windows). This will start the server.
• Open your web browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:43211 to access the Web UI.

For Windows users: Nothing will appear on your screen after double clicking the executable. This is because Seanime will launch as a system tray application.

Third-party installation methods not maintained by Seanime.

Docker server

• umag/seanime-docker - A Docker image for Seanime Linux x64, ARM64, ARM32 Auto update FFmpeg/Jellyfin FFmpeg Non-Root Options Image Variants Compose examples
• Ju1-js/seanime-docker - A Docker image for Seanime Linux x64, ARM64, ARM32 Auto update Jellyfin FFmpeg Non-Root Image Variants Compose examples

Scoop (Windows)

You can install Seanime using Scoop by using a community-maintained bucket here.

NixOS

You can install Seanime using a community-maintained Nix Flake here.

Termux

• Go to Options > Web UI
• Check the box for Web User Interface (Remote Control)
• Change the port to 8081 (only so that it does not conflict with VLC)
• Check box for Bypass authentication for clients on localhost
• Disable Enable clickjacking protection (Omit this if you do not need the embedded client feature)
• Disable Enable CSRF protection (Omit this if you do not need the embedded client feature)

• Go to Edit > Preferences
• Check the box for Allow remote access
• Set the port to whatever you set in your in-app settings
• Check the box for Use authentication
• Set the username and password to whatever you set in your in-app settings
• Disable Only allow these IP addresses if it does not work

• Go to Tools > Preferences
• Bottom left Show settings to All
• Sidebar Interfaces > Main interfaces
• Check the box for Web
• Go to Interfaces > Main interfaces > Lua
• Under Lua HTTP, set password to seanime or whatever you set in your in-app settings

• Go to Options > Web Interface
• Check the box for Listen on port 13579 or whatever you set in your in-app settings

Just make sure MPV is added to your system PATH. You can check this by running mpv --version in your terminal. Wiki.

For IINA to work correctly with Seanime, make sure "Quit after all windows are closed" is checked and "Keep window open after playback finishes" is unchecked in your IINA general settings.

Set the CLI path to /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/iina-cli in the Seanime media player settings for IINA.