



Comments about Sonarr as an Alternative to Jackett


- Sonarr is Free and Open Source
Jackett is described as 'Works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps Sonarr Radarr SickChill CouchPotato ' and is a torrent search engine in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Jackett for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Android apps. The best Jackett alternative is Sonarr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jackett are Prowlarr, DuckieTV, Hatt and SickChill.






Prowlarr is an indexer manager/proxy to integrate with your various PVR apps. Prowlarr supports management of both Torrent Trackers and Usenet Indexers. It integrates seamlessly with Lidarr, Mylar3, Radarr, Readarr, and Sonarr.
This tool allows to search for files through multiple websites, with an intuitive user interface. Similarly to what Jackett does, but for DDL (direct download) and streaming.

SickChill, previously SickRage, is a fork of Sick Beard to automatically download TV shows from usenet or torrents.



Jackett is used as a proxy server for SickRage and Cie. By itself it doesn't query and download files.


A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with web UI, GraphQL API and Servarr stack integration.

Ombi is a front end user facing request system. It connects with your other media managers (CouchPotato, SickRage, SickGear, Sonarr, Lidarr, and Radarr, etc) to automate user requests and adding them into your media library managers.



It's the only one listed that performs similar features to Jackett.

Elementum addon is an addon for Kodi, that manages your virtual library, syncs with your Trakt account .

Managarr is a TUI and CLI to help you manage your HTPC (Home Theater PC). Built with 🤎 in Rust!




Jackett is used as a proxy server for Sonarr and Cie. By itself it doesn't query and download files.