Sonarr
Automatic TV Shows downloader and manager for Usenet and BitTorrent. It can grab, sort and rename new episodes and automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.
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Still maintained? Yes: 332 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.0.20.3014 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Media Management: Sonarr Cloud alternatives.
At a glance
Sonarr quick facts
- Health score
- 97/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 17,487
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.0.20.3014, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Sonarr scores 97/100, #3 of 30 in Media Management: 332 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.0.20.3014, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 17,487 stars add 17.0 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 3.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
332 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.0.20.3014 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.0 / 20
17k 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
- 332
- Last 90 days
- 831
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between Radarr (#2) and Seerr (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | C#, Docker |
| Latest release | v4.0.20.3014 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 17,487 |
| Open issues | 65 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Sonarr/Sonarr ↗ |
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Sonarr: common questions
Is Sonarr still maintained?
Sonarr had 332 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v4.0.20.3014, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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