Install Drovie

Free and open source · Runs on your own server

Your Plex night starts here

Drovie is the request app for your Plex. Everyone who shares your server can find something to watch, ask for what is missing, and follow it until it is ready to play, on the web and on iPhone.

Install the server Get the iPhone app
Search movies, shows, people
Trending on Plex See all
DUNE
OPPENHEIMER
BATMAN
Because you watched Interstellar See all
ARRIVAL
2049
MARTIAN
The Dark Knight 2008 · PG-13 3 others want this
Discover Requests Activity Profile
One app. Everything in sync.

Every request, followed to the end

Most request apps stop at "approved". Drovie keeps watching: the download, the copy into your library, the Plex scan. The same live progress shows on the web and on iPhone.

  1. Requested Sam asks for a film, or a few episodes of a show.
  2. Approved You approve it, or trusted people skip the queue.
  3. Downloading Radarr, Sonarr or put.io picks it up. Speed and time left, live.
  4. Into the library The finished file is copied and named the way Plex expects.
  5. Ready on Plex Plex has scanned it. Sam gets a notification and presses play.

From movie idea to movie night

Search across your household's wish list, request what is missing, and see every request move from pending to ready.

dune
All Movies Shows People

Top match

Dune: Part Two 2024 · 2h 46m · PG-13
Dune 2021 · 2h 35m · PG-13
Children of Dune 2003 · 3h 10m · PG-13

Requests

All Pending Ready Purchased

Pipeline

Dune: Part Two Requested by Alex Pending
Interstellar Requested by Sam Pending
Mad Max: Fury Road Requested by Jordan Ready

You

Your taste story

Your profile Curious classic story lovers

You lean toward character-driven stories from the 70s-90s, with a soft spot for clever writing and a bit of tension.

Explore your story
42%Drama 28%Character stories 21%70s-90s 9%Nostalgic

Drovie for Plex · iPhone

Taste that feels personal

Drovie learns the genres, eras, people, and moods your household actually returns to, then turns discovery into a richer nightly ritual.

Household signals Built from what you watch, together.
Story-style insights Your taste, told like a story.
Discovery shelves Handpicked picks you'll actually want to watch.

Your server, your rules

Drovie runs next to your Plex, on hardware you own. You decide who can ask for what, and where the files come from.

Approvals that fit your house

Review each request, or let trusted people's movies and shows go straight through. Separate switches for each.

Downloads your way

Send movies to Radarr and shows to Sonarr, or use put.io with Drovie Downloader. Pick per media type.

Sign in with Plex

Your household uses the Plex account they already have. Only people with access to your server get in.

Told when it's ready

Email and browser push when a request lands on Plex, not just when it's approved. Everyone picks what they hear about.

A setup wizard

First sign-in finds your Plex server and walks you through the rest. Skip anything and come back later.

Nothing leaves your server

No account with us and no telemetry by default. Lowcontrast can't see your server, your library or your users.

Ready when the lights go down

Drovie for Plex puts your server in everyone's pocket: discover, request, track every download, and play straight from your Plex.

Get the iPhone app Set up the server

Up in two minutes

You need a machine with Docker that can reach your Plex Media Server, and the Plex account that owns it. Drovie runs as one app container next to Postgres.

  1. Run one commandIt downloads the compose file and starts Drovie. There is nothing to fill in first.
  2. Sign in with PlexOpen port 3001. The first sign-in becomes the admin and opens the setup wizard.
  3. Update any timeRun the same command again, or docker compose pull and up -d.
Full install guide 
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/friedmad77/drovie/main/install.sh | sh
Or by hand 
mkdir drovie && cd drovie
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/friedmad77/drovie/main/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d

Works with what you run

  • Plex Media Server
  • Radarr
  • Sonarr
  • put.io + Drovie Downloader
  • Jackett
  • TMDB
  • OMDb
  • Trakt
  • Fanart.tv

Docker on Linux, macOS or Windows, Intel or ARM.

Before you install

Is it free?

Yes. The server is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, and the iPhone beta is free on TestFlight.

Does it download things by itself?

No. Drovie takes the requests and follows them. Downloading is done by Radarr and Sonarr, or by put.io with Drovie Downloader. Without one, requests are kept and nothing downloads.

Do I need Plex Pass?

No. Drovie needs a Plex Media Server and the Plex account that owns it.

Does it work with Jellyfin or Emby?

Not today. Drovie is built around Plex: sign-in, availability and playback in the app all come from your Plex server.

Do you see my server or my library?

No. Each Drovie server is run by its own owner. Lowcontrast doesn't operate it or have access to it. See the privacy policy.

Which API keys do I need?

One: a free TMDB key for search and artwork. The setup wizard links to it. Everything else (Rotten Tomatoes scores, artwork, curated lists) is optional.

Is there an Apple TV app?

The iPhone app is in beta now. An Apple TV app is in development.