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Self-Hosting Lidarr: Music Collection Manager

Lidarr manages your music collection. Monitor artists, track albums, and organize your music library automatically.

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What Is Lidarr?


Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. Part of the Servarr stack, it monitors artists and manages your music library.


Features


Library

  • Monitor artists for new releases
  • Track albums (wanted vs owned)
  • MusicBrainz metadata integration
  • Custom naming and organization

    • Automation

  • Automatic searching
  • Quality profiles (FLAC, 320kbps, etc.)
  • Import from existing library
  • Rename and organize existing files

    • Integration

  • Prowlarr for indexers
  • Download clients
  • Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome notifications
  • Import lists (Spotify, Last.fm, etc.)

    • Music Players


    Pair Lidarr with a self-hosted music player:

  • Navidrome: Lightweight, Subsonic API
  • Jellyfin: Full media server
  • Funkwhale: Social music platform

    • The Music Stack


    1. Lidarr monitors artists and downloads music

    2. Music files organized in /music directory

    3. Navidrome or Jellyfin serves the library

    4. Listen from any device


    Deployment


    1. Deploy Lidarr on TinyPod

    2. Add artists to monitor

    3. Configure quality (FLAC for lossless, MP3 for space)

    4. Set up download client

    5. Music appears organized in your library


    Resources: 1 CPU, 256 MB RAM.


    Lidarr automates music collection the way Sonarr does TV and Radarr does movies.