Medusa
Automatic Video library manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 19% of tracked projects; popularity more than 49%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.0.26 · 21 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Python |
Is Medusa actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 50 commits, of which 27 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 9 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 2600% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v1.0.26, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Medusa ranks #15 of 31 in Media Management, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Medusa actually does
Medusa is a media management tool written in Python that automates the organisation and tracking of television show libraries. It monitors external sources for new episodes and handles their retrieval according to pre-configured user preferences.
Best fit: Self-hosters running a dedicated media server who want automated tracking and organisation of television show files.
Worth knowing: The project shares significant functional overlap with more actively maintained alternatives in the media management space, and its moderate activity level may mean slower responses to upstream changes.
Deployment notes
As a Python application, it typically requires a persistent volume for configuration and library data, along with a reverse proxy if TLS termination is needed for external access.
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