Lidarr by Lidarr

Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music.

hacktoberfestmusicnzbtorrent
Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1 months ago

Self-host Lidarr on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
5.3k
366 forks

About Lidarr

From the project's README at github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://dev.azure.com/Lidarr/Lidarr/build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=develop) [](https://translate.servarr.com/engage/servarr/?utmsource=widget) [](https://wiki.servarr.com/lidarr/installation#docker)

Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new tracks from your favorite artists and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.

> [!WARNING] > NOTICE - The Lidarr Metadata Server is recovering and rebuilding the cache which is impacting adding artists, library imports, etc. Please follow GHI 5498 or see Discord for details. Major Features Include:

Support for major platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, Raspberry Pi, etc. Automatically detects new tracks. Can scan your existing

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
64
maturity
85
community
86
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
33

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 5.3k github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr
GitHub forks 366 github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age9.0 yearssince May 2017
Last commit2 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped125last: 1 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links2declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Lidarr?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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