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Riven

Riven (previously Iceberg) is a re-imagining of original functions of plex-debrid, enabling Plex-based torrent streaming through Real Debrid and 3rd party services like Overseerr, Mdblist, etc.

Riven gets revenue! ❤

Riven is an "Elf-illiated" app - the devs are actively supporting users in our Discord community, the app itself is tuned to work perfectly with ElfHosted "out-of-the-box", and 100% of your subscriptions are contributed to the Riven devs to further development!

How to use it

Unlike most ElfHosted apps, Riven is (currently) split into two - the frontend, and the backend:

Meet the backend

The Riven backend is what's functionally complete. On the backend, you'll see the logs displayed as Riven searches for your content, adds it to your RealDebrid library, symlinks it to /storage/symlinks, and updates Plex accordingly

To restart the backend, hit CTRL-C once in the ttyd/browser UI to terminate the process, and then hit Enter to reconnect to the session and watch it restart.

Meet the frontend

The frontend UI is a work-in-progress, but there are enough pieces in place to enable a basic onboarding. The frontend is also critical for setting up Plex authentication.

Making configuration changes

Until the frontend UI is completed, configuration changes are effected by updating settings.json in config/riven, via FileBrowser.

Minimum requirements

At a minimum, Riven requires:

And optionally, Riven will work with:

  • An Overseerr instance, for managing media requests
  • A Jackett instance, to provide additional content scraping targets

Basic setup

Overseerr

To integrate Overseerr with Riven, setup Overseerr to integrate with Plex, and then..

  • 1⃣ Get your API key:

  • 2⃣ Configure a webhook pointing to http://riven:8080/webhook/overseerr:

  • 3⃣ Enable your webhook for Request Automatically Approved and Request Approved:

Frontend

To perform a basic Riven setup, use the frontend, and navigate to Settings:

Under General, ensure your RealDebrid API token is applied and correct (get it here):

Plex auth broken in v0.7.5

At present, it's not possible to perform Plex authentication via the UI. Use this guide to get your Plex token, and paste it into your config/riven/settings.json directly.

Under Media Server, click Authenticate with Plex to retrieve the token necessary for Riven to interact with Plex:

Under Content, paste in your Overseerr API key, and enable Overseerr Use Webhook:

That's it, a minimal configuration! 🥳 Now load the backend, and watch the magic! 🪄

How do I get support for Riven?

  1. For general use of Riven, refer to the official site or to one of the links below.
  2. For specific support re your ElfHosted configuration / account, see the ElfHosted support options!

You can contribute directly to the development of Riven using the following:

Riven resources

What users say..

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Pricing update since this review

Our pricing model was updated in July 2024, removing the free $10 ElfBuckz and the 7-day trials, and replacing them with standard pricing tiers and a 14-day refund policy.

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