Sonarr

Self-Hosted Media Stack, Part 1: The Map Before the Territory

What Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, SABnzbd, Bazarr and Seerr actually do, how they fit together, and the folder layout to get right before installing anything.

July 8, 20266 min read

Self-Hosted Media Stack, Part 2: Sonarr and Radarr, the Brains of the Operation

The two apps that run the whole show: install them first, get the library structure and naming right, and add what you want to watch — before a single downloader or indexer exists.

July 11, 20264 min read

Self-Hosted Media Stack, Part 7: Profilarr, Teaching the Stack Taste

The default quality profiles grab a resolution. Profilarr syncs curated custom formats and scoring into Sonarr and Radarr so 'best release' means best encode, not biggest file — plus the two traps I hit running it.

July 29, 20264 min read