Houndarr
Scheduled backlog searches for Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr and Whisparr. Works through missing and cutoff-unmet items in small rate-limited batches with per-item cooldowns and hourly caps, to avoid overloading indexers.
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Commit activity more than 18% of tracked projects; popularity more than 15%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 289 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.13.3 · 19 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 19 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Python, Docker |
Is Houndarr actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 47 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 47 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v1.13.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Houndarr ranks #22 of 31 tracked media management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Houndarr actually does
Houndarr automates scheduled backlog searches across media management tools like Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Whisparr. It processes missing and cutoff-unmet items in small, rate-limited batches with hourly caps and item cooldowns to prevent indexer overload.
Best fit: Users managing large media libraries who frequently trigger rate limits or blocks on their private and public indexers during automated backlog searches.
Worth knowing: The project shows slowing maintenance activity with a moderate health score, meaning you may encounter unpatched bugs or slow updates.
Deployment notes
You can deploy this software using Docker, which typically requires persistent volumes for configuration storage and appropriate environment variables to communicate with your existing media stack instances.
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