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HolyArrs is one self-hosted app for your shows, movies and music.
Browse like a streaming app, ask for what you want, and it handles the rest.

About 15 MB to download · about 140 MB of RAM idle with 10,000 titles · amd64, arm64, armv7
_{The six apps it replaces download 718.2 MB together.}

Quick start · Why · What it does · Moving from other apps · The manual · Help

Save this as docker-compose.yml in a new folder on a local disk:

name: HolyArrs
services:
  holyarrs:
    image: holyarrs/holyarrs:latest
    container_name: holyarrs
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=America/New_York
    volumes:
      - /your/local/path:/config
      - /path/to/movies:/movies #optional
      - /path/to/tv:/tv #optional
      - /path/to/music:/music #optional
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads #optional
    ports:
      - 6262:6262
    restart: unless-stopped

Open http://your-server:6262 and make the owner account. A short setup walks you through folders, a downloader and a Source.

No API keys to hunt down. No second container. Every setting is explained in the manual further down.

A normal media server runs six apps: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Bazarr, Prowlarr and Seerr.

That's six logins, six ports, six update cycles and six API keys to copy between them. When a show doesn't land, you check six places to find out why.

I wanted one app. One login, one port, one place to look.

So I built it.

_{About 48 times smaller. Compressed registry download, linuxserver.io images, amd64, measured 2026-11-08. Idle RAM measured with 10,000 titles and 55,000 movies and episodes.}

Someone asks for a title. HolyArrs searches your Sources, picks the best release with your Pick rules, sends it to your downloader and files it in your library. Your media server hears about it when it lands.

• Downloaders: qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, SABnzbd, NZBGet
• Media servers: Plex, Jellyfin, Emby
• Sources: any Torznab or Newznab indexer, or Prowlarr or Jackett
• Moves your setup from: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr, Seerr, Overseerr, qBittorrent, SABnzbd

Open Settings > Move from other apps, add each old app's address and API key (or a backup zip), pick what comes over, run Try it, then Move. You can undo a move later.

HolyArrs only reads your old apps and changes nothing in them, so you can run both side by side until you trust it.

Keys and passwords stay behind; you type them in again or import them from a file. Custom formats, tags and history don't come over. Media files never move. Step by step: Move from other apps.

• Downloading by itself. HolyArrs connects to qBittorrent, SABnzbd and the others. It doesn't replace them.
• AI or MCP features. Not in 1.0.
• Phone and TV apps. Not built. The web app works on a phone.
• Music in Explore is still being built.

What's next is on the roadmap. You vote, I build. Post ideas on r/HolyArrs.

Do I keep qBittorrent or SABnzbd? Yes, for now. HolyArrs connects to the downloader you already run. A built-in downloader is planned for a later release.

Can Sonarr and Radarr keep running while I try it? Yes. HolyArrs reads them once and never changes them.

Is it free? Yes. It's free and open source.

Everything below is reference. The full guides live at docs.HolyArrs.com.

Pulling holyarrs/holyarrs:latest gets the right image for your machine.

On a NAS? See Unraid, Synology and other NAS boxes.

Images live on Docker Hub as holyarrs/holyarrs.

name: HolyArrs
services:
  holyarrs:
    image: holyarrs/holyarrs:latest
    container_name: holyarrs
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=America/New_York
    volumes:
      - /your/local/path:/config
      - /path/to/movies:/movies #optional
      - /path/to/tv:/tv #optional
      - /path/to/music:/music #optional
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads #optional
    ports:
      - 6262:6262
    restart: unless-stopped

docker run -d \
  --name=holyarrs \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=America/New_York \
  -p 6262:6262 \
  -v /your/local/path:/config \
  -v /path/to/movies:/movies `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/tv:/tv `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/music:/music `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads `#optional` \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  holyarrs/holyarrs:latest

Container settings go in compose. Everything else is set in the app.

Each one is written <outside>:<inside>. Change the left side only.

More variables (reverse proxy, URL base, save path): Environment variables.

Put FILE__ in front of any variable to read its value from a file, such as a Docker secret:

environment:
  - FILE__HOLYARRS_ALLOWED_HOSTS=/run/secrets/holyarrs_hosts

PUID and PGID must match the user that owns your media folders. Find them with:

id youruser
# uid=1000(youruser) gid=1000(youruser)

HolyArrs never changes the owner of your media or download folders. Give that user write access to them, because HolyArrs makes folders and moves files.

Open http://your-server:6262 and make the owner account right away. There is no default password. Until you make it, whoever opens HolyArrs first becomes the owner.

The setup that opens next asks for your folders, a downloader and a Source. Guide: First run.

The four optional mounts are the easy way to start. The cost: each mount is its own filesystem inside the container, so every import is a full copy.

Want instant moves that take no extra space? Mount one parent folder with downloads and Library folders inside it, and give your downloader the same mount at the same path. Guide: Folders.

Use a named volume for /config. Media folders can stay host folders. Guide: Install.

holyarrs.key in your config folder is what opens your stored passwords and keys. Backups don't include it, so keep a copy somewhere else. As the owner, open Settings > Backups and choose Download key kit. See Backups.

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

If the new version changes how data is stored, HolyArrs makes a backup first. To go back to it: docker exec holyarrs /holyarrs restore --pre-update, then docker restart holyarrs. Never remove /config during an update. See Updates.

• The owner account is made at first visit. There is no default password.
• Stored passwords and keys are encrypted with holyarrs.key.
• The image has no shell inside it.
• Don't forward port 6262 on your router. Use a VPN such as Tailscale, or a reverse proxy with HTTPS.
• Report security problems privately: SECURITY.

The image has no shell, so docker exec -it holyarrs /bin/bash won't work. HolyArrs' own commands do:

• Follow the log:

• Check your setup. Every line says OK, WARN or FAIL, and each WARN or FAIL says how to fix it:

  docker exec holyarrs /holyarrs doctor

• Locked out of the owner account:

  docker exec -i holyarrs /holyarrs reset-owner

• Version number:

  docker inspect --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "org.opencontainers.image.version" }}' holyarrs

More: Troubleshooting.