Sonarr
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Sonarr is the *central TV-show automation hub of the Arr stack** — monitors RSS feeds + indexers for new episodes of shows you're tracking, grabs the best release matching your quality profile, organizes the file into your library with correct naming, and triggers Plex/Jellyfin to refresh.
The original "set it and forget it" PVR for cord-cutters. Active development since 2014.
What it's for
- Automated TV library management — episodes appear in your library shortly after airing
- Multi-quality profiles — different shows tracked at different quality (1080p / 4K / SD)
- Season pack handling — grab full seasons or individual episodes
- Calendar view — see what's airing this week across all your shows
- Renaming / organization — Plex/Jellyfin-friendly file structure automatically
Who it's for
- Cord-cutters with home media servers running Plex / Jellyfin / Emby
- TV enthusiasts with 50+ tracked series
- Multi-user households where everyone has their own shows
- Privacy-conscious viewers rejecting Netflix / streaming tracking
- DIY media archive collectors preserving shows for the long term
Why teams pick Sonarr over alternatives
- GPLv3 — fully open
- Mature — decade of development, production-stable
- Strong ecosystem — fits cleanly with Radarr, Bazarr, Prowlarr, Overseerr
- Quality profiles — sophisticated grab logic
- Active development — frequent releases
- API + webhooks — integrate with any automation
Integrations
- Indexers — via Prowlarr (recommended) or direct config (NZB / torrent / Usenet)
- Download clients — Transmission, qBittorrent, Deluge, SABnzbd, NZBGet
- Media servers — Plex, Jellyfin, Emby (auto-refresh on import)
- Subtitles — Bazarr companion downloads subs after Sonarr imports
- Notifications — Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, Apprise, custom webhook
- Request management — Overseerr / Jellyseerr forward user requests
- Metadata — TheTVDB, TVMaze, IMDb
Notable users & community
- 11k+ GitHub stars
- The *Arr stack (Sonarr + Radarr + Lidarr + ...) is the de-facto self-hosted media automation suite
- Active community on r/sonarr + Discord
- Backed by community maintainers + LinuxServer.io for Docker images
- Featured in nearly every "self-hosted media stack" guide
Tips & operations
- Persist
/config— Sonarr DB + settings critical to back up - Quality profile discipline — define profiles upfront; changing later re-grabs everything
- Use Prowlarr — centralized indexer mgmt; don't configure indexers per-app manually
- Media path consistency — same path in Sonarr/Radarr + Plex/Jellyfin avoids hardlink issues
- Hardlinks vs copy — set Sonarr to hardlink downloads → library (saves disk on big libraries)
- API key in env — used by Bazarr / Overseerr / Prowlarr integrations
What we ship in BluixApps
- LinuxServer.io image:
lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest - Standard *Arr volume layout:
/opt/sonarr/config,/opt/media/tv,/opt/media/downloads - PUID/PGID 1000 default (override via env)
- Port 8989 exposed
- Pairs naturally with Prowlarr, Bazarr, Radarr on same VPS (shared media volumes)
- HTTPS via Let's Encrypt at reverse proxy
- Backup hook covers
/opt/sonarr/config(DB + settings)
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |