Lidarr-extended

Managing a digital music library can be tedious. Finding high-quality audio files, downloading matching album art, and organizing tracks manually takes hours. lidarr-extended solves this problem by automating the entire process.

The project may be less suitable if you:

The background Queue Cleaner script acts as a digital housekeeper. It automatically drops downloads that have stalled out or failed, enabling Lidarr to immediately initiate a secondary search for an alternate file. Comparative Overview: Standard vs. Extended Standard Lidarr Lidarr-Extended Usenet / Torrents Direct CDN Streaming APIs (Tidal, Deezer) Music Video Support Fully Automated (MKV + NFO metadata extraction) Advanced Tagging Integrated Beets Pipeline & ReplayGain Self-Cleaning Queue Manual intervention required Automated Queue & Unmapped Folder Cleaners Discovery Logic Import Lists only Automated Deezer Top Charts & Related Artist Scrapers Configuration and Setup Guide RandomNinjaAtk/docker-lidarr-extended - GitHub lidarr-extended

To completely remove Lidarr-Extended functionality:

Users who are accustomed to manually clicking search buttons in standard Lidarr may find the Lidarr-Extended approach disorienting. The script is designed to run autonomously in the background—pressing search icons in the Lidarr web interface typically does nothing because the extended scripts handle everything automatically. As one user noted, "You should not intervene with the script. Just set it up and let it do its magic". Managing a digital music library can be tedious

It downloads high-resolution artist backgrounds, banners, and logos that standard Lidarr sometimes misses. Prerequisites Before Installation

Today, users often call it . It sits as a crown jewel in many self-hosted setups, tucked away in dashboards alongside other "arr" legends like Sonarr and Radarr. While it occasionally runs into a "connection refused" gremlin or a "wget" hiccup, its community of tech-wizards on GitHub always manages to find the fix. The project may be less suitable if you:

The most stable method is using the ghcr.io/hotio/lidarr-extended image (maintained by the Hotio team).

: Set a beetsMatchPercentage threshold (e.g., 90%) in your configuration file. Files only import if they are verified against MusicBrainz with pinpoint accuracy.

Lidarr-Extended is a popular community-made automation script designed to run alongside Lidarr. It bridges the gap between basic audio downloading and a full-featured multimedia music experience. While Lidarr handles the core automation of tracking artists and grabbing torrents or NZBs, Lidarr-Extended triggers immediately after a download completes to enrich your media folder. Key Features and Benefits