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Readarr

Readarr is a retired ebook and audiobook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.

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Readarr is a retired ebook and audiobook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It monitored RSS feeds for new books from favorite authors and automated grabbing, sorting, and renaming them. The project is no longer maintained, so it is best for existing deployments only.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 6 install platforms

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

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

31/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository is archived
Popular
713,463 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, 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
3,463
Open issues
1110
Last commit
2025-06-27
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 2 days ago - source: GitHub (Readarr/Readarr)

Resources & Compatibility

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

Checked 9 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Set PUID/PGID to your user and group IDs Run `id your_user` on the server and use the resulting uid and gid numbers for PUID and PGID. This makes the container create files as your normal user, so your settings and downloads won't become unreadable or cause permission errors. source
  • Save your /config folder Map a real folder on your server to the container's /config path. That is where the app keeps its settings, so if the container is removed or the folder is not protected, you will lose your setup. source
  • Publish the web port Add a port mapping so your browser can reach the container's web interface. If the container's web port is not published to a port on your server, the app will be running but you won't be able to open it. source
  • Download client setup On UmbrelOS, install a supported download client such as Transmission, qBittorrent, or SABnzbd from the Umbrel App Store before configuring Readarr. source
  • Retirement Readarr is retired; third-party metadata mirrors are unsupported, so use alternatives at your own risk. source

Fetched today - each note links to its source

Alternatives

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Common questions

Why do Readarr's latest and develop container tags stop working?

Both latest and develop tags stopped working, so existing users should pin the container to the last working version. Read the changelogs before updating containers blindly.

Can one Readarr instance manage both ebook and audiobook versions of the same book?

Only one type of a given book is supported. To keep both an ebook and an audiobook for the same title, you need multiple Readarr instances.

What download-client step is required before configuring Readarr on UmbrelOS?

Install a supported download client such as Transmission, qBittorrent, or SABnzbd from the Umbrel App Store before configuring Readarr.

Are third-party metadata mirrors supported by Readarr?

The Readarr team cannot provide support for third-party metadata mirrors, and using them is entirely at your own risk. The most popular mirror appears to be rreading-glasses.

Answers sourced from discourse.linuxserver.io, github.com, hub.docker.com

Community

Collected 4 days ago - public community threads