Radarr

Automatic movie download manager for Usenet and BitTorrent

Replaces

15k C# GPL-3.0 today

Overview

Radarr is a fork of Sonarr adapted for movies. It monitors release groups, grabs wanted movies from Usenet and torrent indexers, and renames/organizes them into your library. Quality profiles allow automatic upgrades to better encodes when available. Radarr integrates with download clients such as qBittorrent, Deluge, SABnzbd, and NZBGet, and fits naturally into the *arr stack alongside Sonarr, Prowlarr, and Bazarr.

Setup and operations guides

Use these practical guides to plan the deployment, security, backups, and recovery work behind this project.

Radarr Docker Compose Setup: Paths, Imports, and Recoverable ConfigRun Radarr for an authorized movie library with consistent paths, predictable permissions, recoverable configuration, and reliable imports.Read the guide Plex Docker Compose Setup: Preserve Metadata and Hardware TranscodingDeploy Plex with durable metadata, deliberate networking, optional hardware transcoding, and a tested backup and rollback path.Read the guide

Where it falls short of Netflix

Requires a separate download client and indexer; not a standalone media solution.
No built-in playback; must be paired with Jellyfin, Plex, or Kodi.
Content availability depends entirely on third-party indexers and trackers.
Initial setup and fine-tuning of quality profiles requires significant manual effort.

We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.