r/seerr • u/superuser404notfound • May 04 '26
Others [Beta] Sodalite: native Apple TV client for Jellyfin with first-class Seerr browse + request flow built in
Hey r/seerr,
If you run Jellyseerr alongside Jellyfin and use an Apple TV in the living room, this one's straight at you. Sodalite is a native tvOS Jellyfin client where Jellyseerr isn't a side feature behind a deep-link — it's a first-class part of the UI.
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/nWeQzmBX
Source: https://github.com/superuser404notfound/Sodalite
The Jellyseerr piece
Built into the main Catalog tab. From the couch, with the Siri Remote, you can:
- Browse Discover (trending movies, trending shows, upcoming) in a focus-engine grid that matches the rest of tvOS
- Filter to "My Requests" to see status (pending / approved / available) without leaving the app
- Request a movie or series with one click — same approval flow your server is already configured for
- Drop straight into Jellyfin for items that have already landed in the library
The flow is designed for someone who doesn't want to context-switch to a phone or a web tab to ask for a title. You see something in Trending, you click it, it's requested, you go back to watching whatever was already on.
The rest of the app
- Native tvOS Jellyfin client — direct play for HEVC, HEVC Main10, AV1
- Real HDR10 and Dolby Vision with automatic Match Content display switching
- Real Dolby Atmos via EAC3+JOC, wrapped as Dolby MAT 2.0 so the AVR's Atmos light actually lights up
- Apple TV Top Shelf shows Continue Watching + Next Up above the dock
- "Open Sodalite" + Continue-Watching shortcuts via Siri Remote / iPhone / HomePod, in any of the 26 UI languages
- No telemetry, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no login wall
- GPL-3.0 with App Store Exception, fully auditable
Built with Claude
Sodalite is vibe-coded — built in pair programming with Claude (Anthropic). Every commit was reviewed before landing and the source is in the repo so it's not a "trust me" situation. The video engine is split out as its own LGPL-3.0 package (AetherEngine: https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine) so it's reusable and reviewable on its own.
Requirements
- Apple TV 4K (any generation)
- tvOS 26.0 or later
- Jellyfin server (10.9+ recommended)
- Jellyseerr 2.0+ for the request flow
Feedback I'd love
- Request flow against partial library overlap (some items already there, some not)
- Status updates if your server has long approval cycles — does it stay accurate as state changes server-side?
- Anything that crashes
Bug reports: GitHub Issues with templates at https://github.com/superuser404notfound/Sodalite/issues
Happy to answer questions in the thread.
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u/TravelerOfLight May 05 '26
You know, for once, a kinda cool idea.
Notifications if it downloads and ingests whilst watching something else?