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title: *Arr Stack
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*arr stack

The acquisition pipeline: indexers, download clients, the *arr apps and everything that feeds them. For playback and libraries, see media management.

Updated September 2026

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Start here {.sec .arr}

• 📖 Install instructions
  A step-by-step order for installing the *arr apps
• 🗂️ Folder structure
  TRaSH-guide layout that keeps hardlinks working
• 🗺️ Overview map
  How every component of a media server fits together {.links-list .arr}

Download clients {.sec .arr}

• qBittorrent
  Torrent client
• SABnzbd
  Usenet download manager {.links-list .arr}

Core components {.sec .arr}

• Cinephage
  Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr and Bazarr in a single app
• Media Manager
  Media manager and requester
• Prowlarr
  Indexer manager and proxy for the *arr apps
• Radarr
  Movie organizer for Usenet and torrent users
• Sonarr
  TV organizer for Usenet and torrent users
• Sportarr
  A PVR for sports, built like Sonarr {.links-list .arr}

Media discovery {.sec .arr}

• Agregarr
  Keeps your Plex home and recommended fresh
• 🎞️ Blockbusterr
  Auto-adds trending and top-rated titles from Trakt
• Boxarr
  Monitors weekly box office charts
• 📋 Listseerr
  Request everything on a list straight into Seerr
• Ombi
  Media request and discovery manager
• Pulsarr
  Plex watchlist monitoring, routing and notifications
• Recommendarr
  Personalized recommendations for existing libraries
• Seerr
  Media request and discovery manager
• 🍷 Sommelierr
  Random content recommender
• Soulseek
  Music-sharing network
• 🔍 Suggestarr
  Automated recommendations based on watch activity
• Tasterr
  Netflix-style discovery and requests on top of Seerr

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Books {.sec .arr}

• Chaptarr
  Book collection manager, the Readarr successor {.links-list .arr}

Search automation {.sec .arr}

• Fetcharr
  Re-searches for missing and upgradable media
• Houndarr
  Polite automated backfill searching across the stack
• 🎯 NewtArr
  Maintained Huntarr fork for hunting missing media {.links-list .arr}

Torrent management {.sec .arr}

• 🧹 Arr Queue Cleaner
  Automated queue cleaner for Sonarr
• Cleanuparr
  Automated cleanup of unwanted and blocked files
• Cross-Seed
  Automatic torrent-link generator
• Maintainerr
  Maintenance tool for the Plex ecosystem
• Qui
  A fast, modern web interface for qBittorrent
• Unpackerr
  Extracts media and imports it into the *arr apps {.links-list .arr}

Quality control {.sec .arr}

• 📉 Capacitarr
  Scores your library and recommends what to cut
• 📺 Episeerr
  Episode-level control and automation for Sonarr
• Profilarr
  Import, export and sync profiles and custom formats
• Reclaimerr
  Finds unwatched and stale media to reclaim space
• Recyclarr
  Automatically sync TRaSH guides
• Tdarr
  Transcode automation
• Unmanic
  Transcode automation {.links-list .arr}

Stats and dashboards {.sec .arr}

• Dasharr
  Dashboard for the whole stack
• 🗂️ Prismarr
  One interface over Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr and more
• 📊 Sonarr Analyzer
  Average episode size per series
• 💾 Sortarr
  Storage insights across Sonarr and Radarr
• Tracearr
  Sessions and analytics for Plex, Jellyfin and Emby {.links-list .arr}

Others {.sec .arr}

• Bazarr
  Subtitle management
• CrossWatch
  Sync client for Plex and Jellyfin
• Dispatcharr
  Live TV for your media server
• Flaresolverr
  Proxy that gets past Cloudflare protection
• Notifiarr
  Monitoring and notifications via Discord
• Posterizarr
  Automatic textless posters for your library
• 📱 Remote management
  Run your stack from Android with nzb360
• Trailarr
  Add trailers to your media
• Wizarr
  User invitations for Jellyfin, Plex and Emby {.links-list .arr}