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Sonarrpro

Sonarr is the central TV-show automation hub of the *Arr stack — monitors RSS feeds + indexers for new episodes of shows you're tracking, grabs the best release matching your quality profile, organizes the file into your library with correct naming, and triggers Plex/Jellyfin to refresh.

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📺 Media stack Min 256 MB RAM Port 8989 (http) Tier pro

// What it is

A closer look.

Sonarr is the central TV-show automation hub of the *Arr stack — monitors RSS feeds + indexers for new episodes of shows you're tracking, grabs the best release matching your quality profile, organizes the file into your library with correct naming, and triggers Plex/Jellyfin to refresh.

The original "set it and forget it" PVR for cord-cutters. Active development since 2014.

// Use cases

What it's for.

Concrete scenarios where teams pick Sonarr over the SaaS alternative.

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Automated TV library management

episodes appear in your library shortly after airing

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Multi-quality profiles

different shows tracked at different quality (1080p / 4K / SD)

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Season pack handling

grab full seasons or individual episodes

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Calendar view

see what's airing this week across all your shows

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Renaming / organization

Plex/Jellyfin-friendly file structure automatically

// Who it's for

Built for these teams.

If your team profile matches one of these, Sonarr is a strong fit out of the box.

Profile A

Cord-cutters with home media servers

running Plex / Jellyfin / Emby

Profile B

TV enthusiasts

with 50+ tracked series

Profile C

Multi-user households

where everyone has their own shows

Profile D

Privacy-conscious viewers

rejecting Netflix / streaming tracking

Profile E

DIY media archive collectors

preserving shows for the long term

// Differentiators

Why teams pick Sonarr.

When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Sonarr consistently lands above the alternatives.

✓GPLv3 — fully open
✓Mature — decade of development, production-stable
✓Strong ecosystem — fits cleanly with Radarr, Bazarr, Prowlarr, Overseerr
✓Quality profiles — sophisticated grab logic
✓Active development — frequent releases
✓API + webhooks — integrate with any automation

// Integrations

Connects to.

The stack you'll plug Sonarr into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.

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Indexers

via Prowlarr (recommended) or direct config (NZB / torrent / Usenet)

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Download clients

Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge, SABnzbd, NZBGet

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Media servers

Plex, Jellyfin, Emby (auto-refresh on import)

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Subtitles

Bazarr companion downloads subs after Sonarr imports

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Notifications

Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, Apprise, custom webhook

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Request management

Overseerr / Jellyseerr forward user requests

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Metadata

TheTVDB, TVMaze, IMDb

// Adoption & deployment

Notable users & community

11k+ GitHub stars
The *Arr stack (Sonarr + Radarr + Lidarr + ...) is the de-facto self-hosted media automation suite
Active community on r/sonarr + Discord
Backed by community maintainers + LinuxServer.io for Docker images
Featured in nearly every "self-hosted media stack" guide

What we ship

LinuxServer.io image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
Standard *Arr volume layout: /opt/sonarr/config, /opt/media/tv, /opt/media/downloads
PUID/PGID 1000 default (override via env)
Port 8989 exposed
Pairs naturally with Prowlarr, Bazarr, Radarr on same VPS (shared media volumes)
HTTPS via Let's Encrypt at reverse proxy
Backup hook covers /opt/sonarr/config (DB + settings)