Features

Features

Moonfin for Roku builds on the foundation of the official Jellyfin Roku client with targeted UI and UX improvements for the living room. Seerr setup has its own page, see Seerr Setup.

Setup wizard

• New installs start with a setup wizard, asking where you want the navigation bar, which media bar style you like, whether you prefer classic or modern home rows, and which detail screen style suits you, in that order.
• Each question shows a preview drawn from your own library artwork rather than describing the option in words.
• It only asks what you have not already answered, so an answer that came down from your server profile or that you chose on this device is skipped, and a second Roku on the same account usually sees nothing.
• A short tour follows the questions, and only appears alongside a real question rather than standing between you and the app.

Cross-server content playback

• Unified library support so content from multiple Jellyfin and Emby servers plays seamlessly in one app.
• Switch between servers without losing your place.
• Improved server selection logic when the same title exists on more than one server.

Emby servers

• Sign in with Emby Connect, pick a server Moonfin found on your network, or enter its URL and use a local server account.
• Emby Connect credentials are never saved, only the sign-in for the server you picked.
• Reverse-proxy base paths like /emby work.
• Browsing, artwork, favorites, search, details, and playback need no server plugin, including version selection, resume, and chapter starts.
• The Emby edition of the Moonfin server plugin adds settings sync, ratings, themes, messages, diagnostic uploads, and Seerr.
• Seek previews and intro and credits skipping use the thumbnails and chapter markers Emby provides. Lyrics are Jellyfin only, since Emby has no lyrics API.

Seerr integration

Moonfin is the first Roku client with native Seerr support. Setup goes through the Moonfin server plugin, see Seerr Setup.

• Seerr lives inside the normal detail screen, with its rows and tabs alongside everything else, rather than in a separate screen of its own.
• Browse trending, popular, and recommended movies and shows, filtered by genre, studio, network, or keyword.
• Request content in HD or 4K directly from your Roku, with smart season selection for shows, all through one dialog rather than a chain of screens.
• A requests and issues screen with status chips, showing what you have asked for and where each request stands.
• Seerr home rows for trending, popular, upcoming, and your recent requests.
• Optional NSFW content filtering using Seerr and TMDB metadata.
• Authenticate with your Jellyfin or Emby login, which saves a permanent local API key.
• Global search includes Seerr results, with rich backdrop images for a cinematic discovery experience.

Server plugin sync

Requires the Moonfin server plugin, which is also what makes Seerr connectivity possible.

• Bidirectional settings sync between the app and the server plugin (PushToServer and PullFromServer).
• Settings persist across devices, so a new Roku picks up the preferences you already set.
• Server-synced ratings and user preferences shared with every other Moonfin client.
• Sync covers the detail and home rows styles, Since You Watched and Rewatch settings, cinema mode, autoplay, the Seerr NSFW block, the next up timeout, and colors.
• Hidden Continue Watching and Next Up items sync from the server and stay hidden on Roku.
• A server-pushed home row order from the plugin is respected on the home screen.

Theming

• Built-in Moonfin, Neon Pulse, and 8-Bit Hero themes with bundled fonts.
• A community Theme Store, fetched from the Moonfin-Client/Themes GitHub repo.
• Server-shared themes through the Moonbase plugin, so a whole server can use the same look.
• Your theme choice syncs across devices.

Home screen rows

• A modern rows style, now the default, where the focused item grows into a landscape card with the title, metadata, ratings, and overview. The classic style is still selectable.
• Seerr rows for trending, popular, upcoming, and recent requests.
• 6 IMDb chart rows and 13 TMDB chart rows.
• Radarr and Sonarr upcoming calendar rows.
• Favorites, Collections, Genres, Playlists, and Audio rows.
• Since You Watched rows, 1 to 5 of them, using a local recommender or online suggestions through Seerr or TMDB.
• Rewatch and per-library Recently Released rows.
• Rows for one specific collection, genre, or playlist, rather than only a generic row covering all of them.
• A home row picker for choosing which rows appear, with no cap on how many you can have.
• Every row is orderable in Home Sections, and the whole layout syncs with the plugin rather than just a flat list of row names.
• Cards fade their artwork in, show placeholder text while an image loads, and use the same progress bar as the other Moonfin clients.

Customizable navigation bar

• Show or hide the Shuffle, Genres, and Favorites buttons.
• Show or hide the entire library button row for a cleaner home screen.
• Choose whether Shuffle pulls from movies only, TV shows only, or both.
• Pill-shaped design with a subtle rounded background and better contrast.
• Dynamic library buttons that scroll horizontally once you have five or more libraries.
• Smooth animations and dynamic scaling across Roku TV and Roku Stick devices.

Enhanced navigation

• A left sidebar with expandable icons and text.
• Quick-access Home and Search buttons.
• A shuffle dialog with library, genre, and full-random shuffle that shows five random picks.
• A genres menu for browsing by category.
• Dynamic library buttons that populate automatically from your Jellyfin libraries.
• One-click navigation to any library or collection directly from the sidebar.
• Cleaner icon-based design for the actions you use most.
• An account switcher on the navigation bar avatar.
• A full in-app keyboard used for every text field, with the letter rows following your language and accented characters available on a held key.

Featured media bar

• A rotating showcase of featured movies and shows right on your home screen.
• Six styles, Moonfin (the default), MakD, Banner, Gallery, Bookshelf, and Aya, plus Off, and switching between them applies instantly through the Media Bar Mode picker.
• Aya is a rounded hero that floats in the page rather than filling it, with the title's logo in the corner.
• Mixed libraries are offered as a source alongside the rest.
• Profile-aware refresh that reloads content when you switch profiles, so nothing inappropriate lingers on a child profile.
• Ratings, genres, runtime, and a quick overview without extra clicks.
• Smooth crossfade transitions as items change, with matching backdrop images.
• Filter featured content to movies only, TV shows only, or both.
• Sized for comfortable on-TV readability.

Playback and media control

• Trickplay previews while scrubbing, so you can see where you are landing.
• Pre-playback track selection so you can pick audio and subtitle tracks before playback starts.
• Player OSD buttons are ordered like the other Moonfin clients and can be rearranged.
• Default audio and subtitle languages, with about 188 languages to choose from, synced both ways with your Jellyfin server.
• Multi-speed scrubbing where fast forward and rewind cycle through 3x, 15x, and 50x in both directions with a scrub overlay.
• HDR10+ support for HEVC and VP9 video.
• Dolby Vision with SDR and HDR fallback range types.
• Manual subtitle synchronization to adjust subtitle timing offset during playback.
• Automatic playback retry on buffering or playback failure.
• Live TV retry with remux when direct play fails.
• Theme music playback in the background for shows and movies.
• Updates through the Roku Channel Store, so a store install stays current on its own.
• An updated OSD and player styling: a modernized icon set, improved spacing and alignment, and clearer layering and opacity for readability.

Library customization

• Library image orientation, choosing between landscape, portrait, and square grid views.
• In-library search for finding something inside a big library without leaving it.
• A sort and filter dialog matching the one on the other Moonfin clients.
• Posters carry the same caption and header the other clients use.

Improved details screen

• A modern detail screen, now the default, with a tabbed layout: Episodes, Suggested, Studios with TMDB logos through the plugin, Chapters, Details, and Albums and Tracks for music.
• An Up Next card and pill-style buttons on the modern layout.
• The classic layout is still selectable, and a Details Background Opacity setting controls the backdrop.
• A cleaner metadata layout covering genres, directors, writers, studios, and runtime.
• Circular cast photos for improved readability.
• More information on screen without the clutter.
• Redesigned TV season details with expanded episode views, series name subtitles, and play, shuffle, and resume buttons.
• A refreshed TV series screen with a grid-based season layout and dynamic resume buttons.
• Unified detail screens so movies, series, seasons, and playlists share one architecture.
• A read more toggle, so a long synopsis can be opened rather than being cut off.
• The action row can be rearranged, so the buttons you use most sit where you want them.
• Ratings are filtered and ordered by the sources you picked, with redesigned badges.
• A reworked person screen matching the other clients.
• A TV guide that shows channel logos alongside titles.

UI polish

• Overlay opacity control for the media bar, navigation bar, and sidebar.
• Overlay color customization for the overlay background.
• Item details appear inline within rows.
• Focused and unfocused buttons blend better with the surrounding UI.
• Higher contrast for improved visibility.
• Responsive transitions and animations.
• Consistent icons and visual styling across the app.

Other improvements

• A tabbed sign-in screen with inline Quick Connect, which is the default when the server supports it.
• Ratings that follow the sources chosen in the plugin, including TMDB episode ratings and extra sources like Letterboxd and MDBList on detail screens.
• Much faster search, since posters load after the results render.
• A settings tree matching Moonfin-Core, so a setting sits where you would look for it if you use another Moonfin client, with icons, toggles, and nested submenus.
• In-app diagnostic logging with a log viewer, and an option to send crash reports to your own server.
• Jellyfin 12 compatibility.