Houndarr
★ 280GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · Compose · Helm +1No external DB
About
Houndarr is a self-hosted helper for the arr media-management ecosystem. It is intended for users who already run tools like Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, or Whisparr and want an automated way to...
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Features
- Supports Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Whisparr
- Connects to multiple instances
- Missing media searches
- Cutoff-unmet item searches
- Library upgrade searches
- Configurable batch sizes and sleep intervals
- Per-item cooldowns
- Hourly API caps
- Download-queue backpressure gate
- Web dashboard and log viewer
Details
- Last Updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- Created
- Mar 12, 2026
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composehelmsource
- Requirements
- DockerRadarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, or Whisparr instances
- Authentication
- local
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- file-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- PythonDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryNo Cloud Required
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (1 volume)
docker-compose.yml · @ a6d1ac3 · scanned Sep 6, 2026
services:
houndarr:
image: ghcr.io/av1155/houndarr:latest
container_name: houndarr
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8877:8877"
volumes:
- ./data:/data
environment:
- TZ=America/New_York
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
# Reverse proxy (Nginx, Caddy, Traefik, etc.); see docs/reverse-proxy for details:
# - HOUNDARR_SECURE_COOKIES=true # set Secure flag on cookies when behind HTTPS
# - HOUNDARR_COOKIE_SAMESITE=lax # lax (default, allows dashboard links) or strict
# - HOUNDARR_TRUSTED_PROXIES=172.18.0.0/16 # trust X-Forwarded-For from this proxy IP/subnet
# SSO proxy auth (Authelia, Authentik, oauth2-proxy, etc.); all three required together:
# - HOUNDARR_AUTH_MODE=proxy
# - HOUNDARR_AUTH_PROXY_HEADER=Remote-User # header your proxy sets (e.g. X-authentik-username)
# ...
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