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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 Containerminimal 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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