Guardian

Guardian

Guardian is an access-control layer for Plex Media Server. It polls the Plex sessions API, matches each stream against per-user and per-device policy, and terminates the sessions that fail.

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Features

• Approve, reject or hold devices, with per-user overrides, LAN/WAN and IP allowlists, schedules and temporary grants
• Global and per-user concurrent stream limits
• Live sessions, stream details and searchable history
• Email, Apprise and in-app notifications
• A portal where Plex users see their own devices and leave notes

Install

Requires a reachable Plex Media Server and a Plex token.

mkdir -p guardian && cd guardian
curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HydroshieldMKII/Guardian/main/docker-compose.example.yml
docker compose up -d

The web UI listens on port 3000. On Unraid, create a stack from docker-compose.example.yml under Docker → Compose.

Updating

Export your settings first (Settings → Admin Tools → Export Settings), then:

docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

To choose which releases pull picks up, see Image tags in Configuration.

Documentation

Configuration · Troubleshooting · Contributing · AI policy · Releasing · Security

License

PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0