Open Source Sonarr Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Sonarr is DuckieTV. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sonarr and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Sonarr are Jackett, Medusa - TV Library Manager, FlexGet and Sick Beard.

Sonarr alternatives are mainly Episode Downloaders but may also be Download Managers or Media Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Sonarr.

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Sonarr

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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader

Sonarr (formerly NzbDrone) is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of...

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Jackett
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Free • Open Source
Torrent Search Engine
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
8 Jackett alternatives
Jackett works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps Sonarr Radarr SickChill CouchPotato .
- - Jackett is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Sonarr.
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Jackett Features
1. LightweightJackett consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Support for MAGNET links
Comments about Jackett as a Alternative to Sonarr
This alternative is disputed. Jackett is still a legitimate Sonarr alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
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munteanzeno
When Sonarr gets the episode naming wrong, which is often, Jackett is there for a good manual search. Also private sites or english categories can be configured in Jackett and used in Sonarr. They complement eachother.
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pudsz TTIOT
because its as close to it as it gets
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Guest
Jackett is a proxy for something like Sonarr ... not an alternative to Sonarr
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Guest
It's a complement to Sonarr, not a replacement.
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Mickael
It is not an alternative. Its a proxy for Sonarr
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Medusa - TV Library Manager
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Download Manager
Media Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
18 Medusa - TV Library Manager alternatives
Medusa is a fork of Sick Beard (similar to other forks such as SickChill and SickGear ). It allows for automatic television series monitoring of episode information off the...
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Medusa - TV Library Manager Features
1. Dark ModeMedusa - TV Library Manager supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Media library
DVR
Add a screenshot

Comments about Medusa - TV Library Manager as a Alternative to Sonarr
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Mickael
.Support more indexer TVDB IMDB TMDB TVMAZE .Support all languages indexers .Have a search template for show exceptions
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FlexGet
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
19 FlexGet alternatives
FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for all of your media Support for torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, CSV, and more.
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Opinions about FlexGet as a Alternative to Sonarr
Almost everyone thinks FlexGet is a great Sonarr alternative.
Sick Beard
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Windows
Linux
15 Sick Beard alternatives
Sick Beard is a PVR for newsgroup users (with limited torrent support). It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows and when they are posted it downloads them, sorts and renames them, and optionally generates metadata for them. It currently supports NZBs.
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last commit was made in March 2016 and last version, build-507, was released in November 2014. It can be still downloaded from GitHub.

Opinions about Sick Beard as a Alternative to Sonarr
Almost everyone thinks Sick Beard is a great Sonarr alternative.
Nefarious
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Free • Open Source
Download Manager
Mac
Windows
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Online
Self-Hosted
17 Nefarious alternatives
nefarious is a web application that automatically downloads Movies and TV Shows.
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SickChill
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
Cloudron
14 SickChill alternatives
SickChill, previously SickRage, is a fork of Sick Beard to automatically download TV shows from usenet or torrents.
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SickChill Features
Digital Video Recorder
Personal Video Recorder
Network Video Recorder
Opinions about SickChill as a Alternative to Sonarr
Most users think SickChill is a great Sonarr alternative.
OpenFLIXR
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
CouchPotato
SickRage
SABnzbd
Plex
4 OpenFLIXR alternatives
OpenFLIXR Media Server is an all-in-one media server for automated downloading and serving media. Tools like CouchPotato, SickRage, Headphones and SABnzbd to download and Plex Media Server to bring everything to your screens.
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OpenFLIXR Features
Ebook Cloud Sync
TVShows
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Mac
13 TVShows alternatives
TVShows is a Mac OS X application that automatically downloads your favourite shows. You dont need anymore to manually download torrent files, TVShows does it for you. Manage your subscriptions and preferences from within the TVShows application, and TVShows takes care of the...
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last version, 2.1r2 (631), released on November 18, 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website and the source code is available on Github.
MyTvShowOrganizer
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Windows
14 MyTvShowOrganizer alternatives
A Complete Set of tools to Organize, Get info and Automatically Download Torrents of Tv-Series Episodes.
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SickGear
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Media Manager
Download Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
5 SickGear alternatives
SickGear has proven the most reliable stable TV descendant of the great SickBeard to fully automate TV enjoyment with innovation.
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SickGear Features
Media library
RSS Pig
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Free • Open Source
Linux
15 RSS Pig alternatives
An easy to use RSS tracker for downloading torrent files (to be picked up by your torrent downloader). Has a full web interface written in Ruby & Sinatra. Uses bootstrap for a clean interface. Integrates seamlessly with Sickrage.
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RSS Pig Features
Ruby
Discontinued
Homepage/project page unavailable.
Catch
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Free • Open Source
Episode Downloader
Mac
15 Catch alternatives
Catch is the easiest way to use ShowRSS on OS X. It'll take care of everything. New shows will be downloaded as they are released.
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Catch Features
Configurable
Multiple languages
Comments about Catch as a Alternative to Sonarr
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Guest
Best one going for Mac, I love it.
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