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CouchPotato

CouchPotato is a self-hosted automatic newsgroup (NZB) and torrent movie downloader for home-lab users that tracks a wanted-movie list, searches for releases,…

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CouchPotato is a self-hosted automatic newsgroup (NZB) and torrent movie downloader for home-lab users that tracks a wanted-movie list, searches for releases, and routes results to SABnzbd or saves torrents to a configured directory, remaining a legacy option for existing automation even though the upstream project is no longer maintained and the LinuxServer.io container repository is archived.

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.

21/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository is archived
Popular
44152 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 16 days ago

GitHub stars
152
Open issues
0
Last commit
2022-03-01
Latest release
7260c12f-ls82
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 9 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-couchpotato)

Resources & Compatibility

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

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Container configuration persistence Map the /config volume to a host folder so CouchPotato settings and wanted-movie lists are preserved after container recreation or upgrades. source
  • Archived container The LinuxServer.io container repository is archived; use the frozen final release image if you still need CouchPotato. source

Fetched 5 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

How often does CouchPotato search for wanted movies?

It searches for NZBs and torrents for the wanted movie list every X hours.

Where does CouchPotato send found releases?

NZBs are sent to SABnzbd, and torrents are downloaded to a configured directory.

What Synology folder-permission problem was reported during setup?

A user reported CouchPotato could not traverse any directories except root during setup. They looked for a DSM user or service account to grant permissions and mentioned manually copying the correct permissions.

What use case did a Cloudron user report?

A Cloudron user mainly used CouchPotato for post-processing rather than direct downloads. They said it was less useful for movies than for TV shows.

Answers sourced from forum.cloudron.io, github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads