Best self-hosted media management

[Digital media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_media) management tools and software.

We track 31 self-hosted media management projects. The median health score in this category is 57, against 9 projects rated healthy or better and 3 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.

#	Project	Health	Stars	Built with	Last release
1	tubesync Syncs YouTube channels and playlists to a locally hosted media server.	Healthy · 78	2.8k	Docker, Python	4 Sept 2026
2	Sonarr Automatic TV Shows downloader and manager for Usenet and BitTorrent. It can grab, sort and rename new episodes and autom	Healthy · 77	17k	C#, Docker	16 Sept 2026
3	MeTube Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support. Allows downloading videos from dozens of websites.	Healthy · 77	15k	Python, Nodejs	27 Sept 2026
4	Reaparr Cross-platform Plex media downloader that seamlessly adds media from other Plex servers to your own.	Healthy · 75	699	Docker	21 Sept 2026
5	Seerr Manage requests for your media library, supports Plex, Jellyfin and Emby media servers (fork of Overseerr).	Healthy · 73	13k	Docker, Nodejs	28 Sept 2026
6	Youtarr Download videos from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp, with a web UI to browse and selectively download videos.	Healthy · 70	1.7k	Docker	27 Sept 2026
7	Radarr Automatically download movies via Usenet and BitTorrent (fork of Sonarr).	Healthy · 69	14k	C#, Docker	16 Sept 2026
8	Watcharr Add and track all the shows and movies you are watching. Comes with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very	Healthy · 68	1.5k	Docker	12 Sept 2026
9	MyTube Downloader and player for yt-dlp-supported sites with channel subscriptions, cloud upload support, and local library org	Healthy · 68	1.2k	Nodejs, Docker	—
10	Lidarr Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.	Steady · 65	5.7k	C#, Docker	13 Sept 2026
11	Ombi Content request system for Plex/Emby, connects to SickRage, CouchPotato, Sonarr, with a growing feature set.	Steady · 65	4.1k	C#, deb	4 Sept 2026
12	PodFetch Sleek and efficient podcast downloader.	Steady · 62	510	Docker, Rust	7 Aug 2026
13	Downtify Download Spotify music with album art and metadata.	Steady · 61	566	Docker	21 Sept 2026
14	Ratelog Movie tracker and rating app (alternative to Letterboxd).	Steady · 60	18	Docker	22 Sept 2026
15	Medusa Automatic Video library manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are post	Steady · 57	2k	Python	21 Aug 2026
16	Deleterr Automated media cleanup tool that removes watched and stale content from Plex, Sonarr, and Radarr based on configurable	Steady · 57	339	Docker	18 Aug 2026
17	HomeTube Web UI to download videos and playlists from 1700+ sites into a Plex or Jellyfin library, with quality selection, Sponso	Steady · 53	1.5k	Python, Docker	22 Sept 2026
18	Lingarr Automatically translate subtitle files in your Radarr and Sonarr media libraries, using LibreTranslate, local AI models,	Slowing · 51	879	Docker	12 Aug 2026
19	Elengrab Fast cross-platform video and audio downloader and media viewer with flexible format and quality options. Supports 1000+	Slowing · 50	42	Go, Docker	17 Sept 2026
20	yt-dlp Web UI Web GUI for yt-dlp.	Slowing · 49	2.6k	Docker, Go	29 Jun 2026
21	LidaTube Finding and fetch missing Lidarr albums via yt-dlp.	Slowing · 48	364	Docker	21 Aug 2026
22	Houndarr Scheduled backlog searches for Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr and Whisparr. Works through missing and cutoff-unmet item	Slowing · 48	289	Python, Docker	19 Sept 2026
23	youtube-dl-nas Authenticated yt-dlp download queue for video, audio and subtitles, with history, mobile sharing and NAS file management	Slowing · 48	199	Python, Docker	22 Sept 2026
24	Lidify Music discovery tool that provides recommendations based on selected Lidarr artists, using Spotify or LastFM.	Slowing · 45	601	Docker	21 Aug 2026
25	TrackWatch Automated music release tracker for Spotify with email notifications, discography generator, and ghost track cleaner (al	Slowing · 42	25	Docker	4 Aug 2026
26	nefarious Automate downloading Movies and TV Shows.	Slowing · 40	1.3k	Python	—
27	ChannelTube Download video or audio from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp.	Slowing · 39	327	Docker	21 Aug 2026
28	YoutubeDL-Server Web and REST interface to Youtube-DL for downloading videos onto a server.	Slowing · 37	316	Python, Docker	—
29	MKVPriority Selects preferred audio and subtitle tracks using configurable priority scores and sets the appropriate default and forc	At risk · 35	74	Python, Docker	25 Sept 2026
30	Pinchflat Download YouTube content built using yt-dlp.	At risk · 26	5.4k	Docker	26 Sept 2025
31	ydl_api_ng Simple youtube-dl REST API to launch downloads on a distant server.	At risk · 24	240	Python	—

Which one should you run?

If you want the safest bet on longevity, tubesync is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 78/100. Sonarr is the closest runner-up (77/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.

A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.

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