edde746 74d3af3ae1 perf(home): load the home screen once instead of twice per cold start
The Discover tab fanned out its whole request set twice on every cold
start and replayed slow rows on a shrinking timeout ladder, so a healthy
remote server produced anywhere from 4s to 15s of loading.

Measured against a remote Jellyfin server with four libraries, 24
interleaved cold-start samples per side:

  requests  19 -> 9      payload  219 KB -> 94 KB
  settled   5231ms -> 2502ms median, 13222ms -> 5927ms p95

Four independent causes:

- Retry policy. `Client.send` resolves on response headers, so the
  connect budget covers the server's think time and a slow-but-alive
  query raises `connectionTimeout`. Replaying it made the server re-run
  the query with a shorter budget than the one it just missed; the
  `[10s, 8s, 5s]` ladder turned an 11s answer into an empty row after
  23s. Hub surfaces now get one whole-request deadline, retry only
  immediate connection errors, and the deadline bounds the whole call
  including the request still in flight.

- Request shape. `/Items/Latest` groups a TV library by series, so its
  rows are Series folder dtos and `RecursiveItemCount`/`ChildCount` cost
  a DB count each, per row. Hub rows now ask for `Overview` only; watch
  state survives because Jellyfin derives `UserData.Played` from
  `UnplayedItemCount` when the count fields are absent. `/Shows/NextUp`
  sends `NextUpDateCutoff` to bound the server's series-key scan, and
  `Thumb` leaves `EnableImageTypes` since nothing reads it. `UserData`
  and `PremiereDate` leave the browse set: neither is an `ItemFields`
  member, so the server dropped them anyway.

- Fan-out. Per-library hubs ran in batches of three separated by a
  barrier, so one slow library stalled every library behind it. A
  sliding window keeps the same peak concurrency without head-of-line
  blocking. Concurrent `fetchLibraries` calls now share one `/Views`
  instead of racing two identical round trips, Plex's global and music
  hub legs start together, and Jellyfin gets Plex's pool tuning.

- Duplicate pass. `DiscoverScreen.initState` starts a load and the
  online-entry hook asked for a full refresh on top of it, which
  `CoalescedLoadCoordinator` correctly queued as a trailing pass. The
  hook now calls `primeRefresh`, which rides along with a load already
  in flight; profile switches still go through `fullRefresh`.

Refs #1784
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Plezy Logo Plezy

A modern client for Plex and Jellyfin on desktop, mobile, and TV. Built with Flutter for native performance and a clean interface.

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Platform Download
macOS DMG (x64, arm64)
Linux x64 .deb · .rpm · .pkg.tar.zst · portable tar.gz
Linux arm64 .deb · .rpm · .pkg.tar.zst · portable tar.gz

Package managers:

  • Nix - Community package by @mio-19 and @MiniHarinn
  • Homebrew (macOS):
    brew tap edde746/plezy https://github.com/edde746/plezy
    brew install --cask plezy
    
  • AUR (Arch Linux) - Community maintained by @jianglai:
    yay -S plezy-bin
    
  • WinGet (Windows):
    winget install edde746.Plezy
    

Features

Browse & Discover

  • Libraries, collections, and playlists — video and audio
  • Discover hub — Continue Watching, Next Up, trending, and recommendations
  • Cross-server search across every connected Plex and Jellyfin server
  • Filtering, sorting, and alphabetical jump navigation
  • Folder browsing and folder playback — home-video libraries open in folder view
  • Resolution, HDR/Dolby Vision, and audio-format badges on cards and detail pages
  • Favorites and unwatched library filters1
  • Extras — trailers, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes

Explore & Requests

  • Explore tab — watchlist, trending, popular, and recommendation rows from Plex Discover2 , Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, Simkl, and Seerr3
  • Search any connected catalog source
  • Catalog titles matched back to your own libraries by external ID
  • Seerr — request movies and shows with per-season, 4K, and advanced destination options, and see request status inline
  • Watchlist sync — add and remove titles on Plex, Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, and Simkl from anywhere in the app

Playback

  • Wide codec support (HEVC, AV1, VP9, and more)
  • HDR and Dolby Vision4
  • Direct play, or transcode presets from 240p/320 kbps to 1080p/20 Mbps
  • Multi-version switching with per-version file details
  • Full ASS/SSA subtitles with customizable styling
  • Online subtitle search & download2
  • Audio & subtitle choices remembered per title, or follow the server's per-episode selections
  • Progress sync and resume
  • Auto-play next episode with skip intro / skip credits
  • Chapter navigation with thumbnail scrub previews
  • Playback speed from 0.25x to 8x, audio sync offset, sleep timer (fixed durations or end of video)
  • Video zoom 50-200% with pinch, presets, and hotkeys
  • Audio passthrough5 , stereo downmix with center-channel boost, and loudness normalization
  • File Info sheet — every version, file, and stream the server reports
  • Ambient lighting and GLSL shader presets6
  • Picture-in-Picture7
  • Refresh-rate matching8
  • External player launch (VLC, MX Player, etc.) with progress sync back9

Music

  • Music libraries — artist, album, and track browsing with square artwork
  • Album and artist screens with play, shuffle, and Instant Mix
  • Gapless playback with a full play queue — reorder, remove, play next, add to queue
  • Now Playing with synced lyrics10 , persistent mini-player, and sleep timer
  • Background playback with lock-screen, media-key, and notification controls11
  • Offline playback of downloaded albums and tracks
  • Streaming quality presets — Original, 320, 192, or 128 kbps

Live TV & DVR

  • Live TV channel browsing, tuning, and favorites
  • EPG guide with What's On and per-show schedules
  • DVR recording rules, scheduled recordings, and a rememberable recording target library2
  • Multi-server Live TV support where available

Downloads & Offline

  • Download movies, shows, and music for offline playback12
  • Background queue with pause / resume
  • Sync rules for automatic downloads, with per-show "Include Specials"
  • Offline browsing with watch state sync-back on reconnect

Watch Together

  • Synchronized playback with friends
  • Real-time play / pause / seek sync

Integrations

  • Discord Rich Presence13
  • Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, and Simkl — ratings, watched sync, and real-time scrobbling14
  • Plezy Remote — control desktop and TV from mobile
  • Watch Next row and tvOS Top Shelf15

Platform & Customization

  • Desktop, mobile, and TV — full D-pad, keyboard, and gamepad support
  • Multiple servers at once — Plex and Jellyfin side by side
  • Profiles with per-profile downloads, watch state, and settings; Plex Home switching with PIN
  • Jellyfin local-server discovery, multiple URLs per server, and Quick Connect sign-in
  • TV layout options — corner spotlight backdrop, full-card artwork, and Force TV mode on desktop
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts13
  • Metadata and artwork editing
  • Settings import/export
  • Localized in English plus 21 translations

Building from Source

Prerequisites

  • Flutter SDK 3.44.0+
  • A Plex account or Jellyfin server with user credentials

Setup

git clone https://github.com/edde746/plezy.git
cd plezy
flutter pub get
scripts/codegen.sh
flutter run

Code Generation

After modifying model classes or other generated sources:

scripts/codegen.sh

After modifying translations:

dart run slang

Local Checks

scripts/ci_checks.sh

To install the same pre-commit checks locally:

scripts/setup_hooks.sh

End-to-end tests (Android emulator plus a Dockerized Jellyfin fixture):

python3 scripts/run_maestro.py basic

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development workflow, formatting, tests, and translation guidelines.

License

Plezy is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Acknowledgments


  1. Jellyfin only. ↩︎

  2. Plex only. ↩︎

  3. Requires connecting the service under Settings > Services. ↩︎

  4. In-app HDR toggle on Windows, macOS, iOS, and tvOS. Dolby Vision on Android and Apple TV. ↩︎

  5. Desktop, Android TV, and Apple TV. ↩︎

  6. Requires the mpv player backend — unavailable on iOS and tvOS, and Android defaults to ExoPlayer. ↩︎

  7. Android, iOS, and macOS — not on Android TV or Apple TV. ↩︎

  8. Windows, Android, and tvOS. ↩︎

  9. Progress sync on Android. ↩︎

  10. Where your server provides lyrics. ↩︎

  11. tvOS pauses music when the app is backgrounded. ↩︎

  12. Not available on tvOS. ↩︎

  13. Desktop only. ↩︎

  14. Real-time scrobbling on Trakt and Simkl; MyAnimeList and AniList update on completion. ↩︎

  15. Android TV / Fire TV and tvOS. ↩︎

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