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Open source alternatives to Sonarr Cloud

We track 3 open-source Sonarr Cloud alternatives, of which 3 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Radarr leads on health at 97/100 with 63 commits in the last 90 days; across all 3 projects you are choosing between GPL-3.0.

3
Alternatives
22k
Combined stars
121
Commits / 90 days
2
With Docker
Licence family Licence

Showing 3 of 3 tools

All 3 Sonarr Cloud alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Radarr

    97 GOOD

    Automatically download movies via Usenet and BitTorrent (fork of Sonarr).

    ★ 14k · ⟳ today · v6.3.0.10514 · GPL-3.0

    DockerC#
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Lidarr

    89 GOOD

    Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.

    ★ 5.7k · ⟳ today · v3.1.0.4875 · GPL-3.0

    DockerC#
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Medusa

    77 GOOD

    Automatic Video library manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic.

    ★ 2k · ⟳ 5 days ago · v1.0.26 · GPL-3.0

    Python
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Sonarr Cloud alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Sonarr Cloud?

Radarr scores highest at 97/100, with 63 commits in the last 90 days, 14k GitHub stars and its latest release (v6.3.0.10514) published 2 months ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Sonarr Cloud alternatives use a permissive licence?

None of the 3 tracked alternatives use a permissive licence; 3 are copyleft (GPL, AGPL or similar), which requires publishing changes to any modified version you distribute.

Which Sonarr Cloud alternatives run in Docker?

2 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Radarr, Lidarr. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.