Sonarr

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

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.

What it's for

  • Automated TV library management — episodes appear in your library shortly after airing
  • Multi-quality profiles — different shows tracked at different quality (1080p / 4K / SD)
  • Season pack handling — grab full seasons or individual episodes
  • Calendar view — see what's airing this week across all your shows
  • Renaming / organization — Plex/Jellyfin-friendly file structure automatically

Who it's for

  • Cord-cutters with home media servers running Plex / Jellyfin / Emby
  • TV enthusiasts with 50+ tracked series
  • Multi-user households where everyone has their own shows
  • Privacy-conscious viewers rejecting Netflix / streaming tracking
  • DIY media archive collectors preserving shows for the long term

Why teams pick Sonarr over 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

  • Indexers — via Prowlarr (recommended) or direct config (NZB / torrent / Usenet)
  • Download clients — Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge, SABnzbd, NZBGet
  • Media servers — Plex, Jellyfin, Emby (auto-refresh on import)
  • Subtitles — Bazarr companion downloads subs after Sonarr imports
  • Notifications — Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, Apprise, custom webhook
  • Request management — Overseerr / Jellyseerr forward user requests
  • Metadata — TheTVDB, TVMaze, IMDb

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

Tips & operations

  • Persist /config — Sonarr DB + settings critical to back up
  • Quality profile discipline — define profiles upfront; changing later re-grabs everything
  • Use Prowlarr — centralized indexer mgmt; don't configure indexers per-app manually
  • Media path consistency — same path in Sonarr/Radarr + Plex/Jellyfin avoids hardlink issues
  • Hardlinks vs copy — set Sonarr to hardlink downloads → library (saves disk on big libraries)
  • API key in env — used by Bazarr / Overseerr / Prowlarr integrations

What we ship in BluixApps

  • 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)
Read this app's deep dive on bluix.app ↗

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