Floppy is a self-hosted, all-in-one media tracker and personal media diary that serves as a broader alternative to Trakt, Letterboxd, and TV Time. It unifies tracking for movies, TV, anime, manga, books, comics, games, board games, music, and podcasts into one library, history, and set of stats, with features like progress views, recap-style statistics, shareable lists, owned-media collections, and live integrations that keep your data private on your own hardware. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Floppy on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Floppy v26.8.20 release.

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it floppy. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 4

Now create two new folders inside the floppy folder that you have previously created at STEP 3 and name them db and redis. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

In the Name field type in floppy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  floppy:
    image: ghcr.io/dannyvfilms/floppy:latest
    container_name: Floppy
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 8000 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    user: 0:0
    environment:
      SECRET: dOxZYTTZgXKMHkqLBIQVImayQXAVWdzGBPuFJKggzcgvgPJPXpWzqzKaUOIOGGIr
      REDIS_URL: redis://floppy-redis:6379
      REGISTRATION: True
      DEMO_ACCOUNT_ENABLED: False
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      TMDB_API: your_tmdb_api_key #https://www.themoviedb.org/
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/floppy/db:/floppy/db:rw
    ports:
      - 4788:8000
    depends_on:
      floppy-redis:
       condition: service_healthy
    restart: on-failure:5

  floppy-redis:
    image: redis:8-alpine
    container_name: Floppy-REDIS
    hostname: floppy-redis
    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes", "--save", "", "--maxmemory", "256mb", "--maxmemory-policy", "volatile-lru"]
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 10
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/floppy/redis:/data:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SECRET. (Generate your own Random 64 length SECRET.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TMDB_API. To get a free The Movie Database (TMDB) API key, log into your account on The Movie Database, go to your account Settings, click on the API tab on the left menu, choose the Developer option, and fill out the short application form to generate your keys instantly.

• STEP 7

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 8

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 9

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 10

Please wait approximately 10 minutes or you will get a blank error page if you try to connect too soon. The installation process will take some time until the database is written. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:4788 Click Create your account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 11

Type in your own Username and Password. Click Create Account or Create Account + Set up Authenticator if you want to use Authenticator to log in. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Click I’ll choose later. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

On the left sidebar, click Settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Click Integrations to integrate Floppy with Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, Kodi, Stremio, Seerr. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Your Floppy stats at a glance!

Enjoy Floppy!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Floppy container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Floppy work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Floppy container with the latest image.
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