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SickGear

SickGear is a stable, self-hosted TV show and anime manager for homelab users that detects new episodes and coordinates Usenet or BitTorrent downloader apps…

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SickGear is a stable, self-hosted TV show and anime manager for homelab users that detects new episodes and coordinates Usenet or BitTorrent downloader apps to automate acquisition.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS
  • 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.

75/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 13 days ago
Popular
58796 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 13 days ago

GitHub stars
796
Open issues
1
Last commit
2026-09-30
Latest release
release_3.36.8
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
declining

Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (sickgear/sickgear)

Resources & Compatibility

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

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

First-install notes

  • Portainer For Portainer, import the SickGear app template, then deploy it from Home > App Templates after confirming Docker and Portainer are up to date. source

Fetched 7 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (4)

  • Medusa - TV Library Manager - Medusa is a fork of Sick Beard (similar to other forks such as SickChill and SickGear ).
  • Mydia - A modern, self-hosted media management platform for tracking, organizing, and monitoring your media library.
  • 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.

Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can SickGear automatically grab episodes as soon as a show is added?

Yes. Releases can be auto fetched when a show is added, with options to fetch the oldest and/or newest releases.

Does SickGear support deleting watched episodes from my media server?

Yes. You can choose to delete watched episodes pulled directly from played media in Kodi, Emby, and/or Plex, without relying on Trakt tracking.

How can I use SickGear with SABnzbd in Docker when autoProcessTV scripts do not work?

A SABnzbd forum thread discusses using the SickGear API for post-processing in Docker when autoProcessTV scripts do not work.

Where should I look for SickGear installation instructions?

The SickGear subreddit points to the project’s wiki installation instructions.

How quickly does SickGear usually release provider updates?

SickGear provides fast issue resolution and provider updates, historically with 99% of provider updates under 24 hours.

Answers sourced from forums.sabnzbd.org, github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 13 days ago - public community threads