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Lidarr
Overview
Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It automatically monitors specified artists, searches for new releases (or upgrades to existing tracks), and sends them to your download client. After download, Lidarr renames and organizes the files into your music library and can notify your media server of the new content.
Project Details
- Project Repository: https://lidarr.audio/
- Container Image: ghcr.io/hotio/lidarr
- Reverse Proxy Port:
8686
Getting Started
Open http://localhost:8686 in your browser and complete the initial setup wizard:
- Choose your UI language
- Add a download client — select qBittorrent, enter its host/port/credentials
- Add an indexer — or connect to Prowlarr for automatic indexer sync
Once the wizard finishes, Lidarr displays "No artists found". To populate your library:
- Go to Settings → Media Management and add a Root Folder (e.g.,
/music) — this is where your organized music library will live - Click Add an artist and search by name — Lidarr fetches metadata, discography, and album art
- Lidarr cross-references your Root Folder for any existing files and matches them to the artist's catalog
Download flow
qBittorrent downloads to its own directory → Lidarr picks it up, renames/tags the files, and moves them into <Root Folder>/Artist Name/Album/
Spotify playlist import
Lidarr doesn't natively import Spotify playlists. Use a community tool like SpotifyToLidarr or set up a List (Settings → Lists) from Last.fm or MusicBrainz to auto-add artists based on your listening habits.
Environment Variable Notes
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
LIDARR_IMAGE |
Container image (default: ghcr.io/hotio/lidarr:release) |
LIDARR_RESTART |
Restart policy (default: unless-stopped) |
LIDARR_PORT |
Published port for the web UI (default: 8686) |
VOL_PATH |
Base path for persistent data volumes (default: /data) |
TZ |
Container timezone (default: America/Vancouver) |
Volume Notes
| Volume | Purpose |
|---|---|
${VOL_PATH:-/data}/lidarr/config |
Application configuration and database |
${VOL_PATH:-/data}/lidarr/data |
Download client data and working directory |
Network Notes
Requires an external proxy network. Create it once with:
docker network create proxy
Docker Run
docker run -d \
--name=lidarr \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e UMASK=002 \
-e TZ=America/Vancouver \
-p 8686:8686 \
-v ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/lidarr/config:/config \
-v ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/lidarr/data:/data \
--network proxy \
--restart unless-stopped \
ghcr.io/hotio/lidarr:release
Additional Notes / Gotchas
Nothing specific to this stack so far.
Dockhand Stack, Deploy from Git
- Cookbooks Repository
- stackname: lidarr_dev
- Compose file path: lidarr_dev/compose.yaml
- Additional env file (optional): lidarr_dev/sample.env
Load lidarr_dev/sample.env into the Environment variables in Dockhand, then create the Stack.