Ombi
Content request system for Plex/Emby, connects to SickRage, CouchPotato, Sonarr, with a growing feature set.
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Still maintained? Yes: 13 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.53.10 (May 2026).
Comparisons in Media Management: Sonarr Cloud alternatives.
At a glance
Ombi quick facts
- Health score
- 65/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 4,109
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.53.10, May 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Ombi is your friendly media request tool, automatically syncs with your media servers! Don't worry, it's grandma friendly, and more importantly; has wife approval certification 😂."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Ombi scores 65/100, #22 of 30 in Media Management: 13 commits in the last 90 days earn 15.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.53.10, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,109 stars add 14.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 19.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 15.2 / 35
13 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.53.10 released 5 months ago
- Stars 14.5 / 20
4.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 13
- Last 90 days
- 351
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between MyTube (#21) and ChannelTube (#23) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | C#, deb |
| Latest release | v4.53.10 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 4,109 |
| Open issues | 159 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | Ombi-app/Ombi ↗ |
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Ombi: common questions
Is Ombi still maintained?
Ombi had 13 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v4.53.10, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.