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SickChill is an automatic video library manager for TV shows that watches for new episodes, downloads them, and organizes your library so you can manage shows…

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SickChill is an automatic video library manager for TV shows that watches for new episodes, downloads them, and organizes your library so you can manage shows without manual effort.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • 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.

67/100 Good

Maintained
77last commit 7 days ago
Popular
682,443 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, 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
2,443
Open issues
9
Last commit
2026-10-08
Latest release
2026.10.8
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
rising

Checked 6 days ago - source: GitHub (SickChill/SickChill)

Resources & Compatibility

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

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

First-install notes

  • Start and enable SickChill After installing, start the SickChill service (the background program that runs the app) and enable it so it starts automatically after a reboot. If you skip this, SickChill may be unavailable until you start it by hand, and it will not come back by itself after the computer restarts. source
  • Install unrar for RAR releases Install the unrar command-line tool on the machine running SickChill if your downloads can be RAR files (a common compressed archive format). Without it, SickChill cannot unpack those releases and those downloads can fail. source
  • Ubuntu one-line install script On Ubuntu, the official install script can automatically install SickChill's dependencies and set up the system service. Make sure you are actually on Ubuntu before running it, because it installs system packages and may not work as expected elsewhere. source

Fetched 9 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (8)

  • Hatt - This tool allows to search for files through multiple websites, with an intuitive user interface.
  • Jackett - Jackett is a proxy server that translates search queries from media apps such as Sonarr, Radarr, and Mylar into tracker-site-specific HTTP…
  • Medusa - TV Library Manager - Medusa is a fork of Sick Beard (similar to other forks such as SickChill and SickGear ).
  • NZBHydra2 - NZBHydra2 is a meta search for NZB indexers.
  • Series - Series is a software for people who like watching TV shows.
  • Sick Beard - Sick Beard is a PVR for newsgroup users (with limited torrent support).
  • Sonarr - Sonarr, formerly NZBdrone, is a self-hosted TV series manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
  • flexget - FlexGet is an open-source media automation tool that searches, filters, downloads, and organizes your movie and TV collections by integrati…

Checked 3 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Where should I report bugs or request features for SickChill?

Use the SickChill Discord for issue tracking, feature requests, support, and developer communication. Creating issues on GitHub has been deprecated.

Do I need API access between SickChill and Deluge when using a blackhole folder?

If Deluge simply watches a blackhole folder for new torrents, there is no API access between the apps. If you see API authentication errors, the likely place to check is the search provider.

Which season ordering options does SickChill support?

It supports TheTVDB season orders including aired/default, DVD, absolute, and platform/alternate orders.

Does SickChill generate NFO and TBN files for Kodi or XBMC?

Yes, it can perform Kodi/XBMC library updates, download posters/banners/fanart, and generate NFO/TBN files.

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

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads