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Comet

Comet is a self-hosted service for torrent/debrid search with configurable environment variables and support for SQLite or PostgreSQL backends.

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Comet is a self-hosted service for torrent/debrid search with configurable environment variables and support for SQLite or PostgreSQL backends.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

65/100 Good

Maintained
82last commit 76 days ago
Popular
611,113 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 9 days ago

GitHub stars
1,113
Open issues
15
Last commit
2026-07-29
Latest release
v2.58.0
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 5 days ago - source: GitHub (g0ldyy/comet)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Use a one-time install token for silent installs Get a one-time install token from your Comet server, then run install.exe /S /TOKEN=yourtoken from the installer folder. This keeps passwords out of scripts, and the token can expire or be used only once. source
  • Point the installer at your Comet server When installing a Windows client, give it your server address, such as /SERVER='https://example.com/'. If it points to the wrong address, it will not show up in the Comet server you expect. source
  • Make the Linux service start at boot On Linux, add /opt/CometBackup/backup-daemon-start.sh & to your rc.local (the old-style startup file). This starts the Comet Backup background service after a reboot, so backups do not stop running. source

Fetched 14 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (7)

  • Cineverse - Cineverse is a free ad-supported streaming service that offers limitless access to the best movies and TV shows from around the world.
  • CloudStream - CloudStream is an open source Android application to watch free content from various provider.
  • Discovery Plus - discovery+ is the streaming home of Food, Home, Travel, True Crime, Paranormal and so much more.
  • Midnight Pulp - The perfect streaming channel for all things strange!
  • Paramount+ - Welcome to A Mountain of Entertainment.
  • Popflick - Start your free trial and watch our expanding library of award-winning movies, documentaries, and shorts.
  • Viki - Watch all your favorite subtitled Asian dramas, movies, and TV shows anytime, anywhere with Rakuten Viki.

Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How do I run Comet from source?

Clone the repository, install the uv tool, run uv sync, then start it with uv run python -m comet.main.

Can Comet use PostgreSQL instead of SQLite?

Yes. The README says the caching system supports SQLite or PostgreSQL backends.

Does CometNet share actual torrent files?

No. CometNet shares discovered metadata such as hashes and titles between instances in a decentralized way.

Do the example nginx reverse-proxy settings work as documented?

One self-hosting report says they can fail even after changing the example domain to a unique .com domain and trying certbot.

Answers sourced from github.com, www.redditmedia.com

Community

Collected 13 days ago - public community threads