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Let Sonarr fetch episodes on demand for a show you are watching on Jellyfin/Emby/Plex.

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Let Sonarr fetch episodes on demand for a show you are watching on Jellyfin/Emby/Plex.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

53/100 Fair

Maintained
72last commit 78 days ago
Popular
49282 GitHub stars
Easy to install
201 install platform, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

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). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today

GitHub stars
282
Open issues
0
Last commit
2026-07-19
Latest release
0.10.0
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (p-hueber/prefetcharr)

Resources & Compatibility

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

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

No first-install notes yet.

Alternatives (6)

  • Hatt - This tool allows to search for files through multiple websites, with an intuitive user interface.
  • Jackett - Jackett(https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett) works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps (Sonarr, SickRage, CouchPotato, Mylar,…
  • Medusa - TV Library Manager - Medusa is a fork of Sick Beard (similar to other forks such as SickChill and SickGear ).
  • Sick Beard - Sick Beard is a PVR for newsgroup users (with limited torrent support).
  • SickChill - Sickchill(https://github.com/SickChill/SickChill) is an Automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows.
  • TVShows - TVShows is a Mac OS X application that automatically downloads your favourite shows.

Checked 4 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Does prefetcharr work with Plex?

Yes, it supports Plex and monitors watched episodes to fetch the next season on demand.

When does prefetcharr tell Sonarr to fetch the next season?

It tracks episodes you are watching and tells Sonarr to search for the next season before you finish the current one.

Does prefetcharr periodically poll the media server for playback?

Yes, it periodically polls the media server for active playback sessions and instructs Sonarr to fetch when you are nearing the end of available episodes.

Answers sourced from community.home-assistant.io, www.reddit.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 6 days ago - public community threads