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Houndarr

Scheduled backlog searches for Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr and Whisparr. Works through missing and cutoff-unmet items in small rate-limited batches with per-item cooldowns and hourly caps, to avoid overloading indexers.

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Still maintained? Yes: 61 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.13.3 (Sep 2026).

Comparisons in Media Management: Sonarr Cloud alternatives.

Docker #14 of 30 in Media Management

At a glance

Houndarr quick facts

Health score
90/100 GOOD
Stars
304
Last commit
2 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v1.13.3, Sep 2026
Licence
AGPL-3.0
View av1155/houndarr on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Whisparr monitor RSS feeds for new releases, but they do not go back and actively search for content already in your library that is missing or below your quality cutoff. Their built-in "Search All Missing" button fires every item at once, which can overwhelm indexer API limits and get you temporarily banned."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Houndarr scores 90/100, #14 of 30 in Media Management: 61 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.13.3, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 304 stars add 9.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.1 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    61 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v1.13.3 released 1 month ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 9.9 / 20

    304 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

78 commits over the last 12 months
61
Last 90 days
78
Last 12 months
2 days ago
Last push

Ranked #14 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between Deleterr (#13) and youtube-dl-nas (#15) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsPython, Docker
Latest releasev1.13.3 · 1 month ago
Stars304
Open issues6
DockerYes
Repositoryav1155/houndarr ↗
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Houndarr vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Houndarr (Media Management), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Radarr 97 15k GPL-3.0 today
Lingarr 92 898 AGPL-3.0 today
Deleterr 90 341 MIT today
Houndarr (this tool) 90 304 AGPL-3.0 2 days ago
Ombi 65 4.1k GPL-2.0 1 month ago
LidaTube 61 366 GPL-3.0 3 days ago

Houndarr: common questions

Is Houndarr still maintained?

Houndarr had 61 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.13.3, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.