Lidarr

Lidarr is a music collection manager inspired by the Sonarr-style workflow, built for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It monitors artists and releases, then automates downloading and organizing music into a structured library.

Key Features

• Monitors artists and release feeds (including RSS) to detect new music
• Searches indexers and sends downloads to clients, with support for manual and automatic selection
• Scans existing libraries to import music and download missing tracks/albums
• Automatically sorts and renames files using configurable naming rules
• Upgrades existing files when better quality formats become available
• Failed download handling with retries using alternative releases
• Integrations with common Usenet download clients and media servers for notifications/library updates

Use Cases

• Maintain an always-up-to-date music library with automated downloads and imports
• Fill gaps in an existing music collection by scanning for missing items
• Standardize music folder and file naming across large libraries

Limitations and Considerations

• Metadata and artist-adding features depend on external metadata services; outages can impact library import and artist lookup

Lidarr is a strong choice for users who want automated music acquisition and library management with fine-grained control over quality, naming, and download workflows. It fits well alongside other media automation tools and common download clients in a homelab setup.