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  wes-k
  Will check this out after it becomes more stable.I literally, just this last weekend, finally bit the bullet and created my own media server. I had been dragging my feet, not wanting to deal with the complexity of configuring and setting things up. With codex, I had it do the leg work. Even made a snazzy website as homebase and an admin panel with links to every service, easy invite creation, and some basic usage & storage monitoring.Been a blast using codex to configure and design my media server!That said, the many logins do annoy me! My main friction though is around a single client my friends & family can use that brings things closer to the netflix experience. Currently evaluating moonfin, so they can request and watch within the same client. Seerr still seems to be best for requests, but moonfin will get the job done.My list so far: Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Seerr, Wizarr, Cleanuparr, Jellyfin, Moonfin.Also using codex to setup the same box for home automation and comfyui. Fun times!
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  lbrito
  >"A normal media server runs six apps: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Bazarr, Prowlarr and Seerr."Here I was thinking people just used Plex! No idea what any of those are
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  utopiah
  FWIW ls -lh /usr/sbin/minidlnad -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 323K Feb 21 2025 /usr/sbin/minidlnad and a lot of TV, video projectors, etc support DLNA out of the box, if they don't add VLC and you are good to go.
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  tjohnell
  I've seen multiple "consolidate all the arr" attempts over the years. None prevail. Not saying this one won't, but something tells me it's going to peter out and be abandonware. It's incredible how sticky the OG arr apps have been to be honest. Likely because they are extremely stable and well-integrated.
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  0xAFFFF
  People really need to stop thinking that their vibe coded app developed in a day is something the world needs to be made aware of. That's insulting really.
• AmazingTurtle
  How does this make to the HN frontpage but my submission gets flagged?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50441811Wondering because this isn't the first time getting flagged almost immediately after submission. HN Gatekeeping? I don't see how my post violated guidelines etc. for example. Raising this here because I'm starting to see a pattern.
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  ZenoArrow
  > AI or MCP features. Not in 1.0.Why would you even want this, what desirable features could you add by adding AI?
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  FabCH
  Ok, I'm a potential user, but what is your long term plan for following the scene and making sure HolyArrs supports the wild west of the grey area content acquisition?Things like parsing the file name for format, group, language, repack etc...
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  Oxodao
  I'd love something like this, and i'll maybe try it, but last time we had something like this it turned pretty quickly to a shitshow.Though I like the choice of go. The heavy c# stack other have is quite resource intensivehttps://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1rckopd/huntarr...
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  NamTaf
  What got removed to make this smaller?You don't just shed 97% of the size without compromises. What are those compromises and why were they made?
• stroebs
  Does it use the same data sources that Seerr, Sonarr, and Radarr use? What is it?Are you aiming to be more feature complete with the rest of the *arr stack or intentionally a different course?
• Myzel394
  Hmm idk, I'm gonna stay with my lidarr + navidrome and radarr sonarr + jellyfin
• vinnymac
  This interests me, but I’ll let it cook a bit more before I give it a spin. I’ve got enough customization that moving to this without disruption may be a little challenging, or token heavy.Adding a “Copy prompt for agent” instruction to the top of your docs, would be lower friction to entry, and allow me to review what it is that needs doing. It can be hard to account for every way someone might self host in docs too, which is why I think an agent is going to have a much easier time automating the setup here.
• pmlnr
  I bought an OK tablet* and a 2TB microSD card* so everyone in my family can actually use it.A vibe coded project like this, no matter how nice, will not help with the rest of the family.* Samsung sm-t545 because it has a servicable battery. I loath the Samsung software part, but hardware-wise it's not bad.*at that point it was a flash sale and for £150 not ~£400 like today :((
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  pmlnr
  > Titles, artwork and charts come from the HolyArrs metadata server.Yeah...
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  vekntksijdhric
  A 13 HOUR OLD repo? no thanks
• hjahre
  Pirate 'ere. Why may your arrs be holy? Me arrs are where I put them
• socalgal2
  What does this do that say Kodi or Jellyfin don’t?
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  henko
  CLA Lisence... Possible bait and switch?
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  akaitea
  Am I the only one still just manually downloading what I want into a folder that is shared via Samba with a Kodi box that takes care of cataloguing, browsing and playing?
• thejazzman
  Another option with Apple native apps, web apps, and native for all the TVs dropping Very Soon:https://demo.pixelbrite.sitehttps://pixelbrite.siteDLNA, proper Airplay and Chromecast support, file matching, ABR, all the HDRs, etc.
• comrade1234
  I started using plex years ago because the ui-experience in Netflix was so bad. I've long-switched to plex 100%.
• afzalive
  > When a show doesn't land, you check six places to find out why.Umm, no you check Sonarr.
• CommanderData
  Subtitles? I really don't want to sign up to Opensubtitles and be hit with their ridiculous daily limit (on what is just text).I was looking for a project just like yours and couldn't be bothered building one myself.Edit: Gemini has provided some subtitles options.Subtitle Search & Database APIs• TheSubtitleDB.org: A completely free, open REST API for media players and apps. It requires no account, no API key, and has no rate limits, offering exact file hash matching as well as IMDb ID and TV episode lookups.• Wyzie Subs (wyzie.io): A fast subtitle search API for movies and TV shows. It offers a free tier with 1,000 requests per day, sub-50ms response times, hearing-impaired filter options, and multi-language support.• Opensubtitles-Unofficial-API: An open-source, community-hosted unofficial API. It lets you search and download subtitles from OpenSubtitle.
• mephux
  jellyfin?
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  hsuduebc2
  Exactly what these services deserve.
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  CoderLuii
  hi HN, im luis. 10+ years in software and security, homelabbing for about 5"netflix and spotify" is how it feels to use, not what it does under the hood. holyarrs doesnt play anything. you browse your shows, movies and music like a streaming app (top 10s, new & popular, coming soon), tap what you want, and it sends it to your downloader and files it into jellyfin or plex. those still do the playingbefore this, my server needed 6 apps for that: sonarr for shows, radarr for movies, lidarr for music, bazarr for subtitles, prowlarr for indexers and overseerr for requests. 6 setups, 6 databases, and nobody in my house but me could use any of them- the image is 15 MB. the 6 apps it replaces are 718 MB together - one go binary, svelte UI, sqlite. the image has no OS and no shell - runs on amd64, arm64 and armv7 - works with qbittorrent, sabnzbd, plex, jellyfin, emby - imports your sonarr/radarr setup, and speaks their api so seerr can keep talking to it - no api keys to set up. posters and search come from a metadata server i run and pay for - free, AGPL-3.0how it got built: claude code wrote most of the go and svelte. i wrote the specs, reviewed everything and tested it on my own server. what it got wrong: it never noticed cost. the app got heavier build after build until i started measuring every single one. thats the only reason its still 15 MBwhy you might want to wait: its young, 1.0.7 shipped today and im fixing reports as they come in. music is still being built out, and a few features are held back until theyre fully tested (plex watchlists, trakt lists, subtitle sites)why i built it: my family wanted netflix and i had 6 apps nobody but me could useim in the comments, tell me what breaks
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