Providers

Provider capabilities, entity support, watchlist mapping, and authentication methods.

This section shows provider support for sync, watchlists, ratings, history, progress, and setup.

Best first pair:

• source: Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby
• target: Trakt, SIMKL, MDBList, or PublicMetaDB
• mode: one-way

Jellyfin and Emby do not have a native watchlist.

CrossWatch maps watchlists to Favorites, Playlists, or Collections.

Tautulli is read-only.

Use it only as a history source.

Use this page for quick checks

• Which providers can act as sources or targets
• Which features each provider supports
• Which entity types each feature can handle
• Which auth and connection methods each provider uses

Provider overview

Provider roles

Provider	Category	Pair source	Pair target	Named profiles
CrossWatch local	Local tracker			Local state
Plex	Media server
Jellyfin	Media server
Emby	Media server
Trakt	Tracker
SIMKL	Tracker
MDBList	Tracker
PublicMetaDB	Tracker
AniList	Anime tracker
TMDb	Tracker
Tautulli	Plex monitoring	Source only

Sync feature support

Provider	Watchlist sync	Ratings sync	History sync	Progress sync
CrossWatch local
Plex
Jellyfin	Limited
Emby	Limited
Trakt
SIMKL
MDBList
PublicMetaDB
AniList	Limited	Limited
TMDb
Tautulli			Source only

Real-time and manager support

Provider	Progress Manager	Watcher source	Webhook source	Watcher sink	Webhook sink
CrossWatch local
Plex
Jellyfin
Emby
Trakt
SIMKL
MDBList
PublicMetaDB
AniList
TMDb
Tautulli

Notes

• Jellyfin and Emby have no native watchlist.
• Jellyfin and Emby Playlist mode is episode-only.
• Jellyfin and Emby ratings sync is disabled.
• AniList supports anime watchlist and ratings only.
• Tautulli is read-only and history-only.
• Playlist sync is not a CrossWatch feature.
• Trakt, SIMKL, and MDBList support Progress Manager, not normal progress sync.
• PublicMetaDB supports both normal progress sync and Progress Manager.

Provider entity support

Entity coverage

Provider	Watchlist entities	Rating entities	History entities	Progress entities
CrossWatch local	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes
Plex	Movies, shows	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, episodes	Movies, episodes
Jellyfin	Movies, shows, library items	Not supported	Movies, episodes	Movies, episodes
Emby	Movies, shows, library items	Not supported	Movies, episodes	Movies, episodes
Trakt	Movies, shows	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, episodes	Not a normal sync feature
SIMKL	Movies, shows, anime	Movies, shows, anime titles	Movies, episodes, anime	Not a normal sync feature
MDBList	Movies, shows	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Movies, shows, seasons, episodes	Not a normal sync feature
PublicMetaDB	Movies, shows	Movies, shows, episodes	Movies, episodes	Movies, episodes
AniList	Anime movies, anime series	Anime movies, anime series	Not supported	Not supported
TMDb	Movies, shows	Movies, shows, episodes	Not supported	Not supported
Tautulli	Not supported	Not supported	Plex movies, episodes	Not supported

Important restrictions

Provider	Notes
CrossWatch local	Local JSON tracker with snapshots
Plex	Uses Plex Discover. Progress removal can be limited
Jellyfin	No native watchlist. Playlist is episode-only. Strict ID matching is optional
Emby	No native watchlist. Playlist is episode-only. Strict ID matching is optional
Trakt	History writes can also add to Trakt Collections
SIMKL	No season or episode ratings
MDBList	Dropped shows can be excluded from history sync
PublicMetaDB	Requires TMDb identity. Progress also needs duration
AniList	Anime mapping supports watchlist and ratings only
TMDb	Requires a TMDb API key and account session
Tautulli	Read-only source. No writes

Jellyfin and Emby watchlist mapping

Mode	Read	Write	Suitable content	Limitations
Favorites			Movies, shows, episodes, library items	Uses the provider Favorite flag
Playlist			Episodes	Does not represent shows. No item migration.
Collections			Movies, shows, library items	Uses a named collection
Native watchlist			N/A	No native watchlist

Authentication and connection methods

Authentication

Provider	Authentication	Refresh support
CrossWatch local	None	N/A
Plex	Plex device PIN	No refresh action
Jellyfin	Server connection and access token	Provider-dependent
Emby	Server connection and access token	Provider-dependent
Trakt	OAuth device code
SIMKL	OAuth	Provider-dependent
MDBList	OAuth device code, legacy API key	Yes for OAuth
PublicMetaDB	API key	No
AniList	OAuth access token	Provider-dependent
TMDb	API key plus user session	Session-based
Tautulli	Server URL plus API key	No

Important connection options

Provider	Key options
CrossWatch local	Storage path, retention, snapshots, restore selection
Plex	Server, owner, managed users, shared users, Home profile, optional Home PIN
Jellyfin	Server URL, user ID, device ID, optional SSL verification
Emby	Server URL, user ID, device ID, optional SSL verification
Trakt	Client ID, client secret, access token, refresh token
SIMKL	Client ID, client secret, access token
MDBList	Access token, refresh token, API key fallback
PublicMetaDB	Base URL
AniList	Client ID, client secret, access token
TMDb	Auto-discovered account ID
Tautulli	Optional user filter and SSL verification

Authentication notes

1. CrossWatch supports multiple named provider profiles.
2. Plex supports shared tokens and separate friend or shared users.
3. TMDb has two roles: tmdb for metadata and tmdb_sync for account sync.
4. Provider secrets are redacted from public config responses.