{"slug": "lidarr", "name": "Lidarr", "category": "selfhosted", "category_name": "Self-hosted and home server", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.081, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-05-02", "latest": "2026-10-16", "why": "The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/lidarr/lidarr", "official_url": "https://lidarr.audio", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Lidarr"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 792306592, "item_id": 49519162, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49519162", "by": "0fflineuser", "date": "2026-09-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I just migrated and I can confirm it works.", "excerpt": "Hi, Actually it's not a fork it's the docker image for the plugin branch. Sorry I set this up quite a long while ago and didn't remember correctly. And it seems to have been merged so the plugin branch is not needed anymore, see: https://github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr/pull/1829 So the official image would work. edit: I just migrated and I can confirm it works. I used lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:nightly, note that the `lates", "context": "", "use_case": "music library management with plugins", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fastpotify"}, {"id": 792298226, "item_id": 49518639, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518639", "by": "0fflineuser", "date": "2026-09-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome", "excerpt": "If anyone is interested in selfhosting or wants to stop using spotify without losing the discoverabily: I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome, for access on my phone I use dsub2000 or symfonium but mainly dsub2000. Explo is the software used for the discovery https://github.com/LumePart/Explo It automatically downloads daily jams, weekly jams and weekly exploration playlists from your listenbrainz account(free) using you", "context": "self-hosts music stack", "use_case": "music library management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fastpotify"}, {"id": 781366277, "item_id": 48835392, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835392", "by": "toomuchtodo", "date": "2026-07-08", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "sonarr/radarr/lidarr", "excerpt": "https://jellywatch.app/blog/jellyfin-music-server-complete-guide-clients-scrobbling-2026 Jellyfin + Soundcloud + Bandcamp + sonarr/radarr/lidarr. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36379960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36378689 (if you have Plex, you can also use the Plexamp app if you point your Plex server at your music catalog)", "context": "", "use_case": "Music media automation", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Search for a Spotify Alternative"}, {"id": 767757009, "item_id": 47984813, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984813", "by": "gverrilla", "date": "2026-05-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.", "excerpt": "AI helped me escape from my Spotify kidnap. The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate. And Strawberry for playlists/playback. Shoutout to MusicBrainz. Very happy to be rebuilding my music library. And this time no song will ever become unavailable out of the blue again. 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Sorry I set this up quite a long while ago and didn't remember correctly. And it seems to have been merged so the plugin branch is not needed anymore, see: https://github.com/Lidarr/Lidarr/pull/1829 So the official image would work. edit: I just migrated and I can confirm it works. I used lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:nightly, note that the `lates", "context": "", "use_case": "music library management with plugins", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fastpotify"}, {"id": 792298226, "item_id": 49518639, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518639", "by": "0fflineuser", "date": "2026-09-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome", "excerpt": "If anyone is interested in selfhosting or wants to stop using spotify without losing the discoverabily: I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome, for access on my phone I use dsub2000 or symfonium but mainly dsub2000. Explo is the software used for the discovery https://github.com/LumePart/Explo It automatically downloads daily jams, weekly jams and weekly exploration playlists from your listenbrainz account(free) using you", "context": "self-hosts music stack", "use_case": "music library management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fastpotify"}, {"id": 781366277, "item_id": 48835392, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835392", "by": "toomuchtodo", "date": "2026-07-08", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "sonarr/radarr/lidarr", "excerpt": "https://jellywatch.app/blog/jellyfin-music-server-complete-guide-clients-scrobbling-2026 Jellyfin + Soundcloud + Bandcamp + sonarr/radarr/lidarr. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36379960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36378689 (if you have Plex, you can also use the Plexamp app if you point your Plex server at your music catalog)", "context": "", "use_case": "Music media automation", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Search for a Spotify Alternative"}, {"id": 767757009, "item_id": 47984813, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984813", "by": "gverrilla", "date": "2026-05-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.", "excerpt": "AI helped me escape from my Spotify kidnap. The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate. And Strawberry for playlists/playback. Shoutout to MusicBrainz. Very happy to be rebuilding my music library. And this time no song will ever become unavailable out of the blue again. I'm never going to repeat the mistake of migrating to streaming.", "context": "", "use_case": "music library management", "switched_from": "Spotify", "story": "Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI"}]}