# arabcoders/watchstate

Self-hosted service to sync your plex, jellyfin and emby play state. without relying on 3rd-party external services.

Repository: https://github.com/arabcoders/watchstate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/watchstate
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: emby, plex, jellyfin, watchstate, webhook, matched, mismatched, misidentified, backup, docker
Last push: 2026-08-21T15:25:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1665, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 89}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1535, forks 26 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.864719+00:00)

## What it is
WatchState is a self-hosted PHP service that synchronizes watch/play state between Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers without third-party services. It supports multi-user identities, webhook ingestion, portable backups, and media metadata health auditing.

## Use cases
- sync watch progress between plex and jellyfin
- keep emby and plex play state in sync
- backup my media server watch history
- sync watched status across multiple media servers without trakt
- receive webhooks from plex to update other backends
- find mismatched or misidentified media across backends
- multi-user watch state sync for family accounts

## When to choose
- you run multiple media servers (Plex, Jellyfin, Emby) and want their play states consistent
- you want sync without relying on external services like Trakt
- you need portable backups of watch state
- you want to audit metadata/GUID issues across backends

## When to avoid
- you only use a single media server
- you need cloud-based or third-party sync services
- you don't want to self-host a Docker service

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, webhook, backup, scheduling, developer-tools
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: plex, jellyfin, emby, watch-state-sync, media-servers, php, automation, docker, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- arabcoders/watchstate (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.864719+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:31:08.001901+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arabcoders/watchstate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.864719+00:00, sha 840a59dc71c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.