# Getting Started

- [About CrossWatch](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/about-crosswatch.md): Self-hosted watchlist, history, ratings, and resume progress sync plus real-time scrobbling for Plex/Jellyfin/Emby and Trakt/SIMKL/MDBList/AniList/TMDb.
- [Limitations](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/limitations.md): Soft size guidance, provider plan limits, and request-throttling limits that affect CrossWatch behavior.
- [Docker setup](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/docker-setup.md): Run CrossWatch in Docker and persist state by mounting /config.
- [First-time setup](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/first-time-setup.md): Connect providers, add TMDb metadata, create your first pair, then (optionally) enable Watcher for real-time scrobbling.
- [What do you need?](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/first-time-setup/what-do-you-need.md): Choose between periodic syncing and real-time scrobbling, based on what you want to keep in sync.
- [Syncing](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/first-time-setup/what-do-you-need/syncing.md): Align watchlists, history, and ratings between services. Start with one-way + one feature + dry run, then scale up.
- [Sync results](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/first-time-setup/what-do-you-need/syncing/sync-results.md): What the Done counters mean after a sync run.
- [Webhook or Watcher](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/first-time-setup/what-do-you-need/webhook-or-watcher.md): Pick a scrobble mode. Watcher is recommended. Legacy webhooks are deprecated.
- [Best practices](https://wiki.crosswatch.app/getting-started/best-practices.md): Recommended defaults for safe syncing, conflict handling, and operational hygiene.


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