9 Best Home Server Apps to Automate Media Management

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SickRage

Sickrage is compatible with Windows, Linux and OSX and also, it is compatible with a wide list of NAS devices. Sickrage is one of the best NAS services available to automate media management tasks. Just like Sonarr, you can install Sickrage in Docker and enjoy all the benefits offered by Docker and containerization. By using Docker, you can install Sickrage in just a few minutes, and in the future, you will be able to migrate your service to another machine without having to reinstall and configure it again.

#Video & Movies #Movies #Download Manager

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Headphones

Just like the other services mentioned in this article, Headphones is compatible with Windows, Linux and OSX. You can also install this service on NAS devices but i noticed that it does not have the same support as Sickrage or Sonarr. Of course, I recommend you to install Headphones in Docker in order for you to have all your services in one place.

#Music Downloader #Audio Player #Communication 3 social mentions

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Radarr

Radarr is a relatively new service, made specifically for downloading Movies. It's based on the same interface as Sonarr, so new users that have used Sonarr in the past should be right at home with Radarr. You can create watch lists for Movies with your preset quality settings and Radarr will automatically download them as soon as they are available. Being a new service, you may think that it will not work as good as Couchpotato but in most cases, it works better and it's easier to configure.

#Video & Movies #Movies #Download Manager 77 social mentions

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Jackett

I install Jackett on each media server I own because the base for good searches and results are always the providers, and Jackett offers a wide collection even if the main download services are not.

#Video & Movies #Resources #Download Manager

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qBittorrent

qBittorrent is compatible with Windows, OSX and Linux, and it's starting to be available as a package for NAS devices. I noticed that after a couple of weeks of uptime, qBittorrent tends to suffer from memory leaks on Windows, forcing you to perform a restart of the service from time to time, but this happens only if you are running more than 200 torrents at the same time.

#Torrents #Torrent Downloads #BitTorrent 18 social mentions

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NZBGet

NZBGet is a multi-platform binary newsgroup downloader alternative for SABnzbd offering a lower memory footprint and it allows automatic downloads and post-processing, making NZBGet a great service to automate your downloads.

#Tool #Communication #Project Management 8 social mentions

We talked about Muximux in our previous posts, but to recap, Muximux is a lightweight portal that allows you to manage and view your HTPC services and apps. By using Muximux, you will be able to manage everything from a single unified interface, without the need of keeping multiple tabs open or bookmark the URLs for each app.

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Mylar

Mylar has a friendly interface, similar to Headphones turning the search and download process for comics an enjoyable experience. You can install Mylar using our AtoMiC ToolKit, and in just a few minutes, you are ready to go.

#eBook Reader #eBook Manager #Ebooks 1 social mentions

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LazyLibrarian

Another great service to have on your media server is Lazy Librarian. This service allows you to download books for your book reader or tablet without having to go trough a complicate process. There are a lot of forks for Lazy Librarian, because the main service development has stopped about 5 years ago. The best fork I used is from lazylibrarian's github.

#Ebooks #eBook Manager #Download Manager 2 social mentions