Lidarr
Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 29% of tracked projects; popularity more than 69%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 5.7k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.1.6.5078 · 13 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 13 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | C#, Docker |
Is Lidarr actively maintained?
Lidarr is under active development: 93 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 9 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 56% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v3.1.6.5078, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Lidarr ranks #10 of 31 in Media Management, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Lidarr actually does
Lidarr is a music collection manager designed to automate the downloading and organization of albums via Usenet and BitTorrent sources. It monitors specified artists, detects new releases, and integrates with download clients to retrieve and file your audio files. Written in C#, it functions as a dedicated backend service for media enthusiasts.
Best fit: Self-hosters who want to fully automate their music acquisition workflow and keep their digital audio libraries meticulously organised without manual intervention.
Worth knowing: Setting up and maintaining matching rules, indexers, and download clients requires patience and ongoing configuration, and the project shares an operational model with other resource-heavy automation tools.
Deployment notes
As a containerised C# application deployed via Docker, you will typically need to map persistent volumes for your configuration database and media library, as well as handle networking if you run it behind a reverse proxy.
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