Drop a folder.
Everything happens.
Identify, organize, enrich, and sync your local library. Talk to it through Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-capable agent PRO. Works with Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, and Emby.
Watch a folder.
Get a library.
Filename and metadata-provider lookups do the primary work. When they can't decide, AI Vision inspects a small reviewed frame sample and returns a structured candidate. Every match is reviewable — nothing renames or moves without your sign-off.
- ✓Provider lookup across TMDb, TVDB, Fanart.tv, OMDb, MDBList, AniList.
- ★AI Vision second pass when filename and metadata can't solve it.
- ✓Review queue with full provenance — see exactly why a match was chosen.
- ✓Rename history audit trail. Undo any operation.
Movies, shows, anime,
collections, editions, tags.
Typed sources win over filename heuristics. Multi-edition support — theatrical, director's cut, 4K remaster — without duplicates fighting each other. Collections and custom Tags group anything by anything.
- ✓Typed sources, never just file paths.
- ✓Multi-edition matrix per title — keep them all, never overwrite.
- ✓Genre, Year, Certification, Resolution, Completeness, Watched filters built in.
- ✓Bulk operations across thousands of titles.
Studio-grade NFO and artwork,
on every title.
NFO sidecars in the exact format Kodi, Plex, and Jellyfin actually want. Artwork ranked across Fanart.tv, TMDb, and TVDB with full provenance. Overview, General, Artwork, Cast, Extras — all reviewable.
- ✓NFO format-aware: Kodi, Plex, Jellyfin, Emby all happy.
- ✓Artwork ranking with manual override. You always have the final say.
- ✓External IDs to TMDb, TVDB, IMDb, Fanart — one click.
- ✓Cast and crew data with cross-title linking.
- ★Hosted metadata bundle (Skyhook) — no API keys to manage.
- ★Subtitle search & download via OpenSubtitles + AI matching.
Sixteen years after the last transit, a salvager finds a beacon adrift in the Argon ring. What she does next decides whether anyone goes home.
Your library tells you
when something's off.
Health detects missing artwork, unmatched titles, malformed NFO, broken hardlinks, and drift between filesystem and database. Duplicates ranked by quality so you know what to keep. Stats and Activity give you the receipts.
- ✓Drift detection: filesystem ↔ database in continuous reconciliation.
- ✓Duplicate ranking with codec, bitrate, HDR, and source-quality weighting.
- ✓Full activity ledger. Every rename, every move, every sync.
- ✓Undo any operation, individually or in batches.
One library.
Every player. Both ways.
Push metadata to Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, and Emby. Pull watch state from Trakt back into MetaTana. Topology view shows exactly what flows where, so you don't end up with conflicting sources of truth.
- ✓Push to multiple Plex / Jellyfin / Kodi / Emby servers from one config.
- ✓Conflict detection — MetaTana stays the source of truth.
- ✓Rename History audit trail across every destination.
- ★Bidirectional Trakt sync for watch state and ratings.
- ★Hooks & Webhooks for tool execution on library events.
Free does everything.
Pro adds the brain.
The full media manager is free. AI features and the MCP server live in Pro.
- ✓Library, TV Shows, Collections, Editions, Tags, People, Stats, Extras — All local-first library management.
- ✓Bring-your-own-key provider lookup — TMDb, TVDB, Fanart.tv, OMDb, MDBList, AniList, MyAnimeList.
- ✓NFO sidecars for Kodi, Plex, Jellyfin, Emby — Format-aware writes.
- ✓Artwork ranking, multi-edition, manual override — You always have the final say.
- ✓Health, Duplicates, Stats, Activity dashboards — Non-AI portions of each.
- ✓Push to Plex / Jellyfin / Kodi / Emby — One-way push only. (Pull / Trakt is Pro.)
- ✓Local API + scan, scrape, organize, backup, restore — Full local workflow.
- ★AI Vision — Second-pass identification on hard files.
- ★AI Insights — AI Search, Collection Suggestions, Duplicate Resolution, Filename Cleanup.
- ★Hosted metadata (Skyhook) — Bundled provider lookups via MetaTana's cloud.
- ★Subtitle search & download — OpenSubtitles + AI matching.
- ★Trakt sync — Bidirectional watch state and ratings.
- ★Hooks & Webhooks — Tool execution on library events.
- ★MCP Server — Claude, Cursor, any agent can drive MetaTana.
Why collectors are switching.
tinyMediaManager and Mediaelch defined the category in the 2010s. MetaTana defines what comes next.
Free local mode.
Pro · US$5/mo or US$50/yr.
Free keeps the local engine available on BYOK. Pro adds hosted AI Vision credits for difficult matches — pick monthly, or annual and save 17%.
$0
- ✓ Full desktop app (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
- ✓ Unlimited local library scanning
- ✓ Plex · Jellyfin · Kodi · Emby sync
- ✓ NFO · subs · artwork (your API keys)
- ✓ Full rollback & journaling
- — AI Vision (BYOK configured provider only)
US$5/mo
orUS$50/yr
- ✓ Everything in Free
- ✓ Hosted AI Vision · hint-assisted matching
- ✓ AI Vision · 100 credits/month, cache hits free
- ✓ Extra credit packs: US$5 for 250 credits
- ✓ Shared Pro access across desktop, Docker, and browser sessions
- ✓ Hosted billing portal and account management
USD pricing · conversion shown at checkout
Straight answers.
Does MetaTana touch my actual media files?+
MetaTana does not modify your media files. It reads filenames and sidecar metadata, writes .nfo files and artwork alongside them, and tells your media server to re-scan. Pro hosted AI Vision, when enabled, samples reviewed frames for difficult matches; it does not upload full media files or raw local paths.
How is this different from tinyMediaManager?+
tinyMediaManager is a mature desktop metadata manager. MetaTana is a self-hostable media organizer for server-first libraries: Docker or desktop runtime, local SQLite state, reviewable metadata writes, rollback history, AI-assisted identification for difficult files, and unified sync across Plex/Jellyfin/Kodi/Emby.
What exactly does AI Vision cost?+
Pro includes 100 AI Vision credits per month. A normal hosted 4-frame identify costs 1 credit only when it succeeds and is not served from cache; cache hits cost 0 credits. Extra credits start at US$5 for 250 credits. Free/BYOK uses your own configured AI provider.
Is my library data sent anywhere?+
Your library data stays local in SQLite. Metadata provider lookups use your configured keys today. Pro hosted AI Vision sends only sampled frames plus privacy-reviewed hints such as the filename basename and parser guess; it does not send full media files or raw local paths. Telemetry is opt-in.
Can I self-host / run in Docker?+
Yes. The same engine runs headless in Docker, which is useful for unRAID, TrueNAS, Synology, or a home server. Same free/Pro split, with hosted AI Vision available when you sign in. docker run -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/metatana/metatana-app:stable
How is MetaTana licensed?+
MetaTana is closed-source commercial software. The free local/BYOK mode remains available for personal libraries, and Pro adds hosted account features plus AI Vision credits. The source code is not licensed for redistribution, resale, or modification.
What's the difference between Free and Pro?+
Free covers the full local-first manager: Library, NFO sidecars, artwork ranking, and write-through sync to Plex/Jellyfin/Kodi/Emby. Pro adds AI Vision, AI Search, Collection Suggestions, Duplicate Resolution, and Filename Cleanup; Pro also adds Skyhook hosted metadata, OpenSubtitles search, Trakt sync, Hooks & Webhooks, and the Pro MCP server. See /pricing or the accounts-and-pro docs page.
How do AI Vision credits work?+
Pro includes a monthly allowance of AI Vision credits (100/month) — one credit covers a successful hosted four-frame identify on a hard-to-match file, and cache hits stay free. If you need more, top up with Pro credit packs through your account; see the accounts-and-pro docs page for the current schedule.
What can the MCP server do that the app UI can't?+
The Pro MCP server hands the same REST surface the app uses to any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor), so an agent can drive any workflow — scan, scrape, dedupe, organize, fetch artwork, audit health — via 5 typed Pro MCP tools plus a catch-all REST passthrough. Pro-only; see /mcp and the ai-and-agents docs page for the full tool catalog.
Desktop first.
Server-ready.
Signed installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Docker for self-hosted servers.