Radarr

A movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent that finds releases, sends them to your download client and files them in your library.

14.7k stars, 1.3k forks C# On GitHub since December 2016

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What is Radarr?

Radarr does for films what Sonarr does for TV. You add movies with trailers and ratings, and it searches indexers and RSS feeds, sends releases to clients such as SABnzbd, NZBGet, qBittorrent, Deluge or Transmission, then imports, renames and enriches them with posters, trailers and subtitles. Quality profiles decide which copy you get, and it upgrades files when a better version appears. It recognizes special editions, director's cuts and alternative titles, and notifies Kodi and Plex.

Good fit if

  • You keep a movie library on a home server and want acquisition and organizing handled for you.
  • You already run Sonarr and want the same workflow for films.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need the streaming server that plays the files: Jellyfin.

Before you adopt it

Radarr is GPL-3.0, free of paid parts, and requires a CLA for contributions. Nearly twenty people committed in the past three months. Each instance keeps one version per movie, so 4K and 1080p copies need two instances. Builds exist for Linux, macOS and Windows. Whether your downloads are legal depends on your sources and country.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction

Radarr health: is it still maintained?

75 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    133 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 3 November 2026.
    26 / 30
  • Contributors
    19 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 56% of them.
    17 / 20
  • Releases
    4 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v6.4.4.10685, on 16 September 2026.
    16 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 6.1 of 10.
    6 / 10

Read from GitHub on 4 November 2026. How the score works

Radarr license: is it open source?

Radarr uses GPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. December 2016First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-3.0. A contributor license agreement is required.

How to run Radarr yourself

Docker
No Docker files in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: radarr.video or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Radarr

Is Radarr open source?

Yes. Radarr is published under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Radarr still maintained?

Its health score is 75 of 100 (actively developed). It had 133 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 3 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 16 September 2026.

How do I run Radarr?

You can run it as an app for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Radarr?

Close alternatives in the Media servers & streaming category include Beets, Jellyfin, Invidious.