Best self-hosted Media Management apps

Digital media management tools and software.

25 open source Media Management tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.

Sonarr

★ 14,011

Automatic TV Shows downloader and manager for Usenet and BitTorrent. It can grab, sort and rename new episodes and automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.

Media Management GPL-3.0

MeTube

★ 13,942

Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support. Allows downloading videos from dozens of websites.

Media Management AGPL-3.0

Radarr

★ 13,841

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

Media Management GPL-3.0

Seerr

★ 11,655

Manage requests for your media library, supports Plex, Jellyfin and Emby media servers (fork of Overseerr).

Media Management MIT

Lidarr

★ 5,413

Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.

Media Management GPL-3.0

Pinchflat

★ 5,054

Download YouTube content built using yt-dlp.

Media Management AGPL-3.0

Ombi

★ 4,090

Content request system for Plex/Emby, connects to SickRage, CouchPotato, Sonarr, with a growing feature set.

Media Management GPL-2.0

tubesync

★ 2,746

Syncs YouTube channels and playlists to a locally hosted media server.

Media Management AGPL-3.0

yt-dlp Web UI

★ 2,482

Web GUI for yt-dlp.

Media Management MPL-2.0

Medusa

★ 1,965

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.

Media Management GPL-3.0

Watcharr

★ 1,393

Add and track all the shows and movies you are watching. Comes with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very simple setup.

Media Management MIT

nefarious

★ 1,259

Automate downloading Movies and TV Shows.

Media Management GPL-3.0

Youtarr

★ 1,256

Download videos from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp, with a web UI to browse and selectively download videos. Integrates with Plex Media Server and generates NFO metadata for Jellyfin, Kodi, and Emby.

Media Management ISC

MyTube

★ 1,021

Downloader and player for yt-dlp-supported sites with channel subscriptions, cloud upload support, and local library organization.

Media Management MIT

Reaparr

★ 664

Cross-platform Plex media downloader that seamlessly adds media from other Plex servers to your own.

Media Management GPL-3.0

Lidify

★ 570

Music discovery tool that provides recommendations based on selected Lidarr artists, using Spotify or LastFM.

Media Management MIT

PodFetch

★ 483

Sleek and efficient podcast downloader.

Media Management Apache-2.0

LidaTube

★ 340

Finding and fetch missing Lidarr albums via yt-dlp.

Media Management GPL-3.0

Deleterr

★ 319

Automated media cleanup tool that removes watched and stale content from Plex, Sonarr, and Radarr based on configurable rules.

Media Management MIT

ChannelTube

★ 317

Download video or audio from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp.

Media Management AGPL-3.0

YoutubeDL-Server

★ 310

Web and REST interface to Youtube-DL for downloading videos onto a server.

Media Management MIT

Downtify

★ 300

Download Spotify music with album art and metadata.

Media Management GPL-3.0

ydl_api_ng

★ 237

Simple youtube-dl REST API to launch downloads on a distant server.

Media Management GPL-3.0

MKVPriority

★ 67

Selects preferred audio and subtitle tracks using configurable priority scores and sets the appropriate default and forced flags.

Media Management MIT

TrackWatch

★ 24

Automated music release tracker for Spotify with email notifications, discography generator, and ghost track cleaner (alternative to Release Radar).

Media Management MIT

Frequently asked questions

What are the best self-hosted Media Management tools?

Among the 25 options, the most popular include Sonarr, MeTube, Radarr. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.

Is there a free open source alternative for Media Management?

Yes — all 25 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.

Where can I host a Media Management app?

On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.