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Users & roles

Manage accounts under Settings → Users (admin and above).

Role Capabilities
Owner Full control. First registered user. Instance-wide options (e.g. show ratings).
Admin Manage users, requests, settings, and any download.
Member Browse, request, search torrents, start downloads, manage own downloads.
Viewer Browse media, stream shared downloads, create/delete own requests. No torrent start.

Hierarchy: owner > admin > member > viewer.

Seedarr is designed for a trusted household:

  • Any authenticated user can list and stream all downloads.
  • Mutations that change torrent state or delete files require download ownership or admin.
  • Profile lists (likes, watchlist, history) are visible to other authenticated users.
  1. Sign in as admin/owner.
  2. Settings → Users → add a user with username, password, and role.
  3. New users get guided onboarding on first login.

Registration after the first owner account is closed by default — invite users from Settings instead.

Viewers and members can request titles. Admins validate, cancel, or reopen requests. When a download for that media completes, pending requests are auto-validated.